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Featured Stories

North Philadelphia: Kliptown Seen From The Inside

November 18, 2013 Neil D. Ortiz

South Africa, the world’s largest producer of gold, is a nation of immense natural resource wealth that helps secure it’s unrivaled position as the richest and most developed country on the African continent. However, South

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Social Media for The Congress of South African Trade Unions

August 30, 2013

[vimeo 73351018] In post apartheid South Africa there is a major focus on access. Citizens should have access to the resources they need and to the people and organizations who can provide them. But, as a

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The South African Wealth Gap: Post-apartheid Inequalities

August 27, 2013

[vimeo 73042086] The World Bank’s development indicators say South Africa has one of the highest levels of income inequality in the world. A small ten percent of the population control the majority of the nation’s income. 

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The Kliptown Youth Program: Building A Community Through Engagement

August 14, 2013

[vimeo 72815154] Outside Johannesburg, South Africa lies Kliptown. Over 40,000 people reside in this informal settlement made up largely of tin shacks and decaying buildings. The Kliptown Youth Program (KYP) is a local treasure recently honored

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