The Soul City Institute for Health and Development Communication has been shortlisted as a finalist in this year’s Standard Bank Top Women Awards. Soul City is a not-for-profit, nongovernmental organization and the largest social change communication project in Africa.
Soul City Series 12 debuts on SABC 1
The trailblazing edutainment Soul City series is back on air. Showing on local screens from 20h30 this Tuesday (15 June 2014) on SABC 1, the series boasts the largest cast to date. Headed by two stalwarts of the Series, Florence Masebe as Clinic Manager Sis Noni and Lillian Dube as Sr Bettinna, Season 12 will also showcase a stellar cast of fresh, young talent, some of whom had never been seen on our screens before.
The alcohol industry has reacted on the economic recession by taking various actions. A new EUCAM trend report aims to provide insight in the marketing tactics of the alcohol industry in this period. Moreover, it describes patterns in alcohol consumption during the recession period.
Mobilising young women for change
According to the UNFPA framework for action on Youth and Adolescents, six thousand young people are infected with HIV each day, most of them young girls in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. HIV prevalence is also much higher among women (23%) in South Africa than in men (13%).
In a study of South African men who drink alcohol in informal drinking environments or "shebeens," researchers from The Miriam Hospital have found a high prevalence of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) that directly correlates to unprotected sex. Findings support the need for interventions targeting both alcohol and HIV-risk behaviors among South African men who drink alcohol in alcohol-serving venues. The study and its findings are published in the July issue of Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
For two decades Soul City has made an impact on the lives of millions of South Africans, and the rest of the continent too. Audiences have revelled in, laughed with, learned and been moved by the power of Soul City. From 15 July 2014 every Tuesday at 20h30 for 26 weeks, SABC1 will broadcast and bring together the old spirit of Soul City and the new vigour of a new era in Soul City.
Soul Buddyz, the innovative childrens programme, has come out tops again in the annual, Sunday Times Next Generation awards 2014.
Future Trends in Alcoholic Drinks: Positioning, Gender and Alternative Financing Models
This article is based on the study done by Maria Elena Figueroa, D Lawrence Kincaid and Emily A Hurley (2014): The effect of a joint communication campaign on multiple sex partners in Mozambique: the role of psychosocial/ideational factors, AIDS Care: Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2014.907386.
The final Kwanda imbizo will take place this Tuesday 29 April at the Tjakastad Sports Ground (next to tennis court) in the Chief Albert Luthuli Municipality, in Tjakastad, Mpumalanga. Kwanda is a groundbreaking community development initiative aimed mobilising communities to collectively transform their communities.
The 4th community imbizo by groundbreaking community development initiative, Kwanda, will be held in Peffervile, Buffalo City Municipality in East London today, Thursday 24 April. This is part of a series of Imbizo’s taking place in Kwanda communities around the country.
Putting Health on the Elections’ Agenda
HEALTH Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi was challenged on his party’s delivery record, ability to deal with the various challenges besetting South Africa’s health sector and plans for the future during a robust elections debate at the Soul City Institute on April 10, 2014.
