Women’s Day Rally/Event in Orange Farm

Friday 6 August 2004

PRESS RELEASE (FRIDAY 6TH AUGUST 2004)

YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN THE KGANYA WOMEN’S CONSORTIUM & THE ORANGE FARM WATER CRISIS COMMITTEE FOR A WOMEN’S DAY RALLY (THEME: ‘HIV/AIDS & WATER PRIVATISATION’)
TO BE HELD AT THE ITOSENG WOMEN’S PROJECT CENTRE (4602 DRIEZEK Ext.1, ORANGE FARM) FROM 9H00 - 14H30 ON MONDAY 9TH AUGUST

The press and all interested individuals/organisations are invited to join the Kganya Women’s Consortium (a project of the APF affiliate - the Orange Farm Water Crisis Committee) for a Women’s Day Rally on the theme - ‘HIV/AIDS and Water Privatisation’. There will be no fat-cat politicians, no self-proclaimed VIPs and no big-name musicians - just the people, and especially women, of Orange Farm talking about their struggles, performing plays, singing & dancing. Come join the community in recognition and celebration of the real struggles and lives of Orange Farm women.

Programme 9h00: Procession from Caltex Garage 9h30: Youth Group - Grow Bacha performs a play on HIV/AIDS 10h00: Opening and Welcome (Musa Raditsela) 10h15: Prayer (Father Guido) 10h30: Debt & HIV, Water Privatisation and Women 11h00: Marimba Dance Club 11h15: Talk on the Effects of Pre-Paid Meters on Women 11h45: Music by Grow Bacha 12h00: Talk on the impact of HIV/AIDs on Poor Women (Rose Thamae) 12h30: Poetry 12h45: Talk on Water Privatisation and HIV/AIDs 13h15: Music by Munyanyako 13h30: Closing Remarks by Kganya Women’s Consortium and the OFWCC 13h50: Traditional Dance 14h15: Lunch