The Zimbabwean elections will be taking place on 29th
March and a number of organisations are taking part in
discussions aimed at how to prepare to assist new arrivals
and how to improve assistance to those already within the
country. CoRMSA will be meeting with various organisations
this month to discuss strategies.
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_________________________________________ CoRMSA NEWSLETTER Edition 8 – 7 th March 2008Submissions on Zimbabwe Any organisations that wish to make written submissions
on how to improve assistance to Zimbabwean nationals in
South Africa during this period are invited to email them to Duncan.crmsa@gmail.com prior to 21st March 2008.Initiative to Extend the Vote to Zimbabweans in South Africa A number of organisations have indicated their intention
to advocate for Zimbabweans in South Africa to be
allowed to vote in the Zimbabwean elections to be
held later this month. In the interests of having a co-ordinated
approach to this, organisations interested in being part of this
initiative are requested to contact CoRMSA urgently. Zimbabwean Migration Research Report The Forced Migration Studies Programme at Wits has
released a new report outlining possible responses to
increased Zimbabwean migration to South Africa. The
report discusses some of the challenges Zimbabweans
in South Africa face, evaluates some of the current
responses and then considers a range of potential
responses. The report is available from http://migration.org.za/wordpress/wp-
content/uploads/
2008/02/zimresponses07-11-27.pdf .Attacks on Non-Nationals in Itireleng, Pretoria On Wednesday 20 th February, CoRMSA was
alerted to violent clashes taking place in Itireleng,
an informal settlement near the suburb of Laudium
in Pretoria. CoRMSA was able to inform a number of
stakeholders of the incident and make contact with
the station commander of the Laudium police station
who reported that he had been struggling to locate
assistance for those displaced by the violence. At the
time, there were around 100 people seeking shelter at the
police station. Efforts to place them at local shelters and
local churches were unsuccessful. Through the efforts of the local______________________________________________________
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were made for people to be housed at a community
hall for that night. Red Cross indicated that they may
be able to assist from the following day. The DHA’s
Counter-Xenophobia Unit were also actively involved
in assessing the situation on the ground. It is reported that events started on Sunday 17 th
February. There appears to have been a community
meeting where some members of the local community
encouraged residents to chase the non-nationals out
of the area. This then resulted in non-nationals being
attacked from Monday 18th February. Police intervened
and appeared to have restored calm. However, on
Tuesday 19th, the situation got worse as shacks and
shops belonging to non-nationals were burnt and
others looted. Large numbers of nonnationals were
forced to flee and seek shelter at the police station.When CoRMSA followed up on the situation we were
shocked to hear that DHAImmigration had visited the
community hall in the morning to verify the immigration
status of the non-nationals who had sought sanctuary
at the police station. All those who were found to be
undocumented were arrested and sent to Lindela for
deportation. Of the 173 non-nationals who had sought protection
at the police station only 30 remained as they had legal documents to be in the
country. This is shocking conduct by the Immigration
Inspectorate as again as in the raid on the Methodist
Church, those seeking sanctuary at a place of safety
have been targeted by Immigration officials. Instead of addressing the conflict in Itireleng, the
Immigration Inspectorate’s actions have served to
condone the violence and set a dangerous precedent
for South Africa as action has been taken against those
who were the victims rather than against the perpetrators. CoRMSA, Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) and
the AIDS Law Project have engaged the DHA’s
Immigration Inspectorate to gain access to those arrested.
LHR has tried to visit a number of those detained at
Lindela. CoRMSA was further informed that those who
had legal documents had requested to be repatriated
after the violence. CoRMSA has not been able to
make contact with those affected to assess the validity of this. CoRMSA is still also waiting for a response on
the issue from the head of the National Immigration Branch. Asylum Seekers ‘Fined’ for Expired Permits In newsletter 7 CoRMSA reported on fines that
asylum seekers have been forced to pay when they
were late in renewing their Section 22 permits.
CoRMSA has since received a response from the
Director of Refugee Affairs explaining that a
Memorandum was sent to the Refugee Reception
Offices in May 2007 to stop this practice as it is
only the courts that have the competency to levy
these fines. She further explained that the Standard
Operating Procedure requires that the Refugee
Reception Office officials hand the asylum seekers
who have failed to renew their permits in time
(without just cause) over to the Immigration inspectorate.
The inspectorate will then open a file for the asylum
seeker and fill in a form which has to be captured at
a nearest police station and has to have a case number. After the case has been opened, the asylum seeker
is given the original of the J534 form and copy kept
by the inspectorate for reference while the other
copy is filed for court purposes. DHA further
explained that the J534 form then compels the holder to ___________________________________________________
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in court. The exact amount of the fine that the asylum
seeker will be expected to pay lies with the
presiding officer after considering all the factors of the case. CoRMSA
appreciates the response received from
Directorate of Refugee Affairs. CoRMSA and its legal
partners are following up further on this as further
clarification is needed on some of the issues raised. Stakeholders Meeting at the Rosettenville
Refugee Reception Office, Johannesburg CoRMSA attended a stakeholders meeting called
by Rosettenville Refugee Reception Office on 23 rd
February. The aim was for Rosettenville officials to
inform stakeholders about the closure of the office.
The Rosettenville office will be closing and the
services will move to Crown Mines. The office
has put in place plans to ensure that the transition
period does not have a major negative impact on
service provision. We were further informed that
there are already vacant offices in the Crown Mines
office specifically reserved for Rosettenville personnel.
As of 3rd March new intakes for the Rosettenville office
will be done at the Crown Mines offices. This includes the
issuing of new Section 22 permits and first interviews.Other services will remain at the Rosettenville
office until 31 st March. These include extension
of Section 22 permits, IDs, re-issuing of lost permits,
renewal of refugee status, family reunification,
Refugee Status Determination interviews and
applications for United Nations Convention
Travel Documents (‘refugee passports’).
No undertaking was made by the Head of Rosettenville
that the office will be able to issue permits immediately
after application when they move to Crown Mines.CoRMSA Meeting with the Department of Education CoRMSA met with the Director-General and the
Deputy Director-General for Education on 4 th March.
The aim was to address some of the concerns that
have been raised by organisations in the sector with
regards to access to education for refugee/migrant
children and the employment of non-national teachers.
CoRMSA was informed that the department is looking
favourably at employing foreign teachers. Priority will
however, be given to qualified South African teachers.
Where there are skills shortages, schools are being
encouraged to employ qualified non-national teachers.
Reports received from certain schools have however
indicated that there is no clear policy from the department on
processes to follow when employing non-nationals.
These were addressed with the Director-General’s office
and an undertaking was made by the Director-General’s
office to circulate the policy to the schools and provide a
copy to CoRMSA.The Department of Education currently has a
database of teachers and non-nationals are encouraged
to submit their CVs to the Department for inclusion
on this. Maths and Science teachers can complete
the Department’s ‘Recruitment of Foreign Teachers
Form’ so they can be captured on the database.
This information will be utilised in the Department’s
drive to fill the skills shortage specifically for these two subjects. Completion of this form is however not a
guarantee that people will be offered employment.
The final decision on employing teachers rests
with the school governing body. _______________________________________________
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Witwatersrand, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa. PO Box 358, Wits, 2050. Tel: +27 11 717 4047. Fax: +27 11 717 4040. Reg No
010-387-NPO. The Director-General also emphasised that
non-nationals are encouraged to apply for advertised
teaching positions. This is particularly crucial at this
stage because of the skills shortages of qualified
South Africans. The Deputy Director-General requested further
that where abuse or exploitation of nonnationals
teachers is recognised, this information should be
brought to the attention of the Department in order
for it to be addressed. Please inform CoRMSA if
you are aware of any such cases. The Director-General further indicated that
organisations are welcome to lobby provincial
Education departments to apply to national
government for schools to be recategorised as
‘no-fees’ schools. This is an issue we will need to
look at especially in view of the fact that most of the
no fees schools are currently in rural/semi-urban
areas and many non-nationals are based in urban
areas. Organisations and individuals are requested
to inform CoRMSA of areas where this would be
particularly necessary. Cape Town Refugee Reception Office:
Kiliko Case Judgement On Monday 18 th February, the Legal Resources
Centre (LRC) in Cape Town re-enrolled the Kiliko
case relating to access to the Refugee Reception
Office in Cape Town. The case was originally
brought to court in 2005 and was re-enrolled
due to the ongoing challenges around access to
the Refugee Reception Office and the difficulties
asylum seekers face in obtaining Section 22
asylum seeker permits. In the judgement handed
down by Judge van Reenen on 4th March, the judge
described the current situation as one of “gross
inhumanity”
and recognised the “failure of the South African
authorities to adhere to the international
instruments as regards the treatment of refugees”. Given thatthe Department of Home Affairs (DHA) is currently
engaged in a number of strategies to improve
access to the Refugee Reception Office, the judge
granted the DHA until 5 th December 2008 to
illustrate that:• The relocation of the Cape Town Refugee Reception
Office to new premises at NIB House has been
completed and the effect this has had in improving
services and increasing the numbers of new applicants
assisted each day.• The integration and improvement of information
technology at the office has been completed and the
effect this has had on the services provided by the office.• The combination of the office relocation and the
improvements in the information technology at the
office have had a positive impact on the increasing
backlog of applications for Section 22 permits.Our thanks go to William Kerfoot and the LRC as well
as all others involved in this case. FNB Confirms it Will Open Accounts for Asylum Seekers First National Bank (FNB) has confirmed that
asylum seekers can open bank accounts through
its branches. This is enshrined in FNB’s internal
‘Golden Rules’. FNB will still provide us with a letter
confirming this so as to prevent confusion at the
different branches. FNB will shortly send out a memo
to ensure that all branches adhere to this policy. Asylum
seekers will still have to provide proof of address if the
address listed on their Section 22 permit is no
longer valid. For the meantime, if branches are
refusing to assist asylum seekers claiming that
their policy is not to assist people with Section 22 ___________________________________________
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Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa. PO Box 358, Wits, 2050. Tel: +27 11 717 4047. Fax: +27 11 717 4040. Reg No 010-387-NPO. permits, please request them to refer to FNB’s
‘Golden Rules’. If this is unsuccessful please inform
us and we will see how we can assist. CCMA to Assist Undocumented Migrants The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and
Arbitration (CCMA) will now assist undocumented
non-nationals in labour disputes. The CCMA provides
assistance with issues such as labour dispute resolution,
dispute management and prevention and institution building.
Some of the issues referred to the CCMA in terms of dispute
resolution include cases of unfair labour dismissals,
unfair labour practices and issues around severance pay.
The CCMA has offices in East London, Port Elizabeth,
Klerksdorp, Polokwane, Johannesburg, Pretoria,
Cape Town, Durban, Richards Bay, Kimberley, Bloemfontein,
Pietermaritzburg and Witbank. The CCMA’s services
are generally free in most circumstances. Further
information is available from the CCMA website at
http://www.ccma.org.za/ .The CCMA can also be contacted through their
call centre on 0861 16 16 16. Attacks on Somalis in Valhalla Park Further violent attacks on non-nationals have taken
place in Cape Town. On Wednesday 26 th February,
residents of Valhalla Park forcefully evicted at least
five Somali shop owners from the area after having
apparently ‘warned’ the shop owners to leave three
months before. The Somali
Community Board of the Western Cape has called for
talks to resolve the crisis. CoRMSA has spoken to a
number of organisations that have indicated their
willingness to engage in this process. Any one else who
is able to assist in any way please inform us and we will
pass on your details.Non-Nationals Killed in Musina Accident On 16 th February, a South African Police Services
(SAPS) truck that was apparently deporting close
to 50 Zimbabwean nationals collided with another
vehicle. Four Zimbabwean nationals were killed in
the collision and a number of others seriously injured.
The Musina Legal Advice Office has visited the injured
in hospital and it appears that currently little is being
done by government to compensate or assist the
families. As NGOs we are also concerned about the
presence of the detention facility in Musina. Organisations
have thus far been denied access to the detainees
which has raised fears for their health and security.
CoRMSA is addressing this with the DHA Provincial
Office in Limpopo and the Limpopo Provincial Police
Commissioner’s office.Deportees Shackled In CoRMSA Newsletter 6, we reported that
deportees were allegedly being shackled on the
way from the Western Cape to Lindela Deportation
Centre. These allegations were dismissed as
“malicious lies” by the Department of Home Affairs.
Yet these allegations were confirmed as true by
Judicial Inspectorate of Prisons inspecting Judge
James Yekiso . The Legal Resources Centre in Cape
Town is exploring this further._______________________________________________
______________________________________________ Office 5B, South West Engineering Building, University of the Witwatersrand,
Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa. PO Box 358, Wits, 2050. Tel: +27 11 717 4047. Fax: +27 11 717 4040. Reg No 010-387-NPO. Children’s Access to Education By Phillipa Tucker, Centre for Applied Legal Studies Many children in South Africa have problems
accessing education However, none more so
than non-nationals. Discrimination against foreigners
leads schools to turn children away from schools for no
other reason than their nationality. School staff members frequently prohibit non-South African
children from accessing school at the start of every new
school year using the cost of school fees or documentation
as a reason to deny them access. Often even when the principal
understands the law and is willing to allow foreign learners
into the school, teachers do not allow the child into their class. However the Bill of Rights enshrined in the Constitution states
that every child has the right to education in South Africa and
that nationality cannot be used as a means to deny a child
access to a school. Every Child in School, Every Day. The Education Law Project at the Centre for Applied
Legal Studies (CALS) assists anyone who is having problems
getting their child into school and will assist people to
understand and empower themselves with knowledge
of the South African Schools Act (Act 84 of 1996) and
the Regulations Relating to the Exemption of Parents
from the Payment of School Fees (2006). Additionally, it is ILLEGAL to charge any school fees
for a learner (South Africa or Nonnational): • Who is registered at a “No-fees” schools
(these represent 40% of SA’s school)
• Who is an orphan, in an orphanage;
• Who has a foster parent;
• Who has been placed in a youth care centre or a
place of safety;
• Who has been placed in the care of a family member
(“kinship caregiver”);
• Who is a child who heads an household or is part of a
child headed household; or
• Whose parent receives a social grant on behalf of the
same learner e.g. a child support grant.Exemptions: 1. If school fees form more than 10% of the parent’s
annual income (before deductions), parents can get a
full exemption (discount). 2. If school fees form between 3,5% and 10% of the
parent’s annual income (before deductions) a partial
exemption will apply. 3. If school fees form less that 3,5% of the parent’s
annual income (before deductions) then it depends on
how many children there are in school. A child who does not have the correct documents
must be allowed into school and the parents have 3 months to provide the school with
the documents or to write an affidavit and give a copy to the school. ___________________________________________________
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Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa. PO Box 358, Wits, 2050. Tel: +27 11 717 4047. Fax: +27 11 717 4040. Reg No 010-387-NPO. Call us, we can help. CALS has been providing legal
advice and legal assistance to poor parents and learners
on school fees related matters since 2002. Telephone
Education Law Project Researcher Phillipa Tucker or
Osmond Mngomezulu at 011 717 8600 for assistance. For a copy of the full booklet School Fees:
Your Rights visit http://www.law.wits.ac.za/cals/School%20
FeesFeb07new.pdf * Names have been changed to protect identities Children’s Forum Increasing awareness of the challenges non-national
children face in South Africa has led to the formation
of a Children’s Forum where a number of service providers
meet to discuss ways in dealing with such challenges.
This forum is in its early stages and all organisations
working with children or interested in issues around
children are welcome to attend. The next meeting takes
place on 19 th March at Wits. Please contact CoRMSA
for further details.Migrant Health Forum A forum has recently been launched that brings
together practitioners, researchers, CBOs, NGOs
and advocacy groups who are involved in ensuring
that the right to health is achieved for all migrants in
South Africa, including refugees, asylum seekers and
undocumented migrants. The forum is being coordinated
through the Wellness Centre and Reproductive Health
Research Unit, based within the Hillbrow Health
Precinct in Johannesburg. The aim of the forum is to monitor and act upon
challenges that migrants face in trying to access public
health services within South Africa, and to work towards
improving this. A Health Access Monitoring Project is
about to be launched that will contribute to the ongoing
Migrant Rights Monitoring Project (MRMP) coordinated
by the Forced Migration Studies Programme, University
of the Witwatersrand. More information relating to the Health Access
Monitoring Project, and how to get involved, will
be circulated in the next few weeks. For further
details of the forum please contact Lauren Jankelowitz at ljankelowitz@rhru.co.za. For additional information
on the MRMP, please contact Tara Polzer a
t tara.polzer@wits.ac.zaInternational Federation for Human
Rights Research Report Last month the International Federation for Human
Rights released its research report entitled Surplus
People? Undocumented and other vulnerable
migrants in South Africa.The report was compiled from a number of interviews with
a range of stakeholders. The report is now available online at http://www.fidh.org/IMG/pdf/za486a.pdf.Profile: Excelsior Empowerment Centre, Cape Town Excelsior Empowerment Centre in Elsies River, Cape
Town is a non-profit organisation that aims to empower
refugees and disadvantaged people through a holistic
approach. _________________________________________________
____________________________________________ Office 5B, South West Engineering Building, University of the Witwatersrand,
Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa. PO Box 358, Wits, 2050. Tel: +27 11 717 4047. Fax: +27 11 717 4040. Reg No 010-387-NPO. This approach incorporates social, economic,
emotion and spiritual aspects. Excelsior works primarily
in Elsies River, Bellville, Belhar, Parow, Goodwood, Delft,
and surrounding
areas with a focus on assisting refugees integrate
socially in Cape Town. During 2007, Excelsior
organised a soccer tournament alongside a number
of other stakeholders including Alliance for Refugees
in South Africa and UNHCR. Excelsior also provided
classes to refugees and initiated a feeding scheme.
For 2008, Excelsior will be seeking to continue to hold
classes including French, Afrikaans and Xhosa tuition,
computer classes and dressmaking/pattern making
classes. It will also be initiating a number of awareness
campaigns and will be engaging in strategies aimed at
job creation. Excelsior can be contacted on 021 932 8585 or at
excelsiorcentre@yahoo.com.Launch of Southern African Centre for Survivors
of Torture Report The Southern African Centre for Survivors of Torture
(SACST) will be launching its report entitled Victims
of Organized Violence and Torture in Zimbabweans
attending Refugee Reception Offices in South Africa:
Prevalence & Associated Features. The launch will be
held on 19th March from 11-12 at the Holy Trinity Church,
Bertha Street, Braamfontein in Johannesburg.
Refreshments will be served afterwards to
celebrate the launch of the Southern African
Centre for Survivors of Torture, formerly known
as the Zimbabwe Torture Victims Project. The
art works of torture survivors will be on display.Those wishing to attend, please contact Lynn
Merckel on 011 339 4476 by Friday 7 th March.Training on Applications for Asylum and
Permanent Residence On 27 th March, Wits Law Clinic and CoRMSA will be
holding a training session on how to apply for
permanent residence as well as on the asylum
application process. There is a limited number
of spaces available and organisations interested
in sending a representative can contact
Tesneem on 011 717 8562/857 by 19th March.Human Trafficking Training Christians for Peace in Africa will be conducting
‘train the trainer’ workshops on human trafficking
in Johannesburg on 10 th and 11th April. This training
will be run in association with the International
Organisation for Migration For further details
please contact Pastor Thomas-Rene Kitutu
on 011 888 6427 or atchristianforpeaceinafrica@yahoo.com .Job Vacancy: Scalabrini Centre of Cape
Town The Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town is look
for a development manager to perform the
following functions:
• Manage and grow our development and skills
training programme
• Manage the volunteer and internship programme__________________________________________________
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Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa. PO Box 358, Wits, 2050. Tel: +27 11 717 4047. Fax: +27 11 717 4040. Reg No 010-387-NPO. • Manage the hiring and rental of meeting,
conference and office space in the building
Existing Development Projects include:
• The Sewing Project
• Digital Literacy Classes
• Life Skills Classes
• Graphic Design Classes
• English Classes
• Employment Help DeskThe Scalabrini Centre is committed to fighting
xenophobia and uses its development programme
as a platform for uniting peoples from all cultures. Please send your CV to
mmadikane@scalabrini.org.zaJob Vacancy: Save the Children UK (SCUK) Save the Children UK is looking to recruit a Regional
Advocacy Officer as soon as possible to support its
regional programme of Regional advocacy for
children’s rights. The position is based in Pretoria
with regional and local travel required and the
programme is scheduled to run until the end of 2009.Main Tasks:
• Strategy development
Develop and implement, in conjunction with the
regional programme coordinator, a clear regional
advocacy strategy that will enhance vulnerable
children’s abilities to realise their rights, especially
in relation to HIV and AIDS and gender, in the east
and southern African region.
• Influencing1) Policy and legislation:
In conjunction with the regional OVC programme
coordinator, identify policy and
legislative gaps that SADC, Member States and
other regional structures should be addressing; working
in partnership with other partners (in particular those
which are also targeting SADC) to influence policy and
legislative development in this area. This will include
supporting country programmes to influence policy
development, legislation and programme implementation
in order to achieve demonstrable improvements in the
realisation of vulnerable children’s rights.
2) Funding:
Advocate with significant bilateral and private donors
in the region for more
funding to be directed into strategies and key issues
affecting children’s rights, in conjunction with SC UK’s
institutional relations managers for Southern Africa.
This will include following up on key programme policy
documents such as Bottlenecks and Dripfeeds to ensure that resources
get to children.
3) Media:__________________________________________________
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Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa. PO Box 358, Wits, 2050. Tel: +27 11 717 4047. Fax: +27 11 717 4040. Reg No 010-387-NPO. Ensure that key messages are disseminated through
the media, in coordination
with the Communications Officer for East and Southern Africa
• Collaboration and representation
Support country partners in their advocacy efforts
by providing technical assistance.
Represent the programme a various policy forums
and advocacy opportunities at national and
regional levels, as appropriate.Liaise closely
with country-level programme staff and regional
programme partners.Liaise with Save the Children UK’s regional and
global offices and with Save the
Children Alliance members where appropriate.
• Programme development
Write quarterly progress reports including feeding
into the impact monitoring and evaluation of the
advocacy objectives of the programme.
Input programme information into Save the
Children’s regional advocacy initiatives.Person specification The post holder will possess a high degree of
analytical skill, political acumen, ability to facilitate
change, ability to influence, and ability to communicate
key advocacy messages effectively and convincingly
to audiences at national and regional levels.
Essential qualifications
• At least five years experience working in
southern Africa on civil societyprogrammes that
address HIV and/or children and/or gender.
• At least three years experience in advocacy and
policy development, research and implementation in
the development context.
• Knowledge and experience of the policies,
functions, structures and decisionmaking processes
of SADC and other key regional institutions and
bodies in southern and eastern Africa.
• Experience of working on an advocacy programme
with at least one national government in east
and southern Africa.
• Knowledge and experience of vulnerable
children programming and policies in southern
and east Africa
• Commitment to a rights-based approach to
working with children.
• Experience of working with the media to
influence the media’s contribution to raising
awareness and shaping public policy on a
rights-based HIV, vulnerable children or gender issue.
• Proven experience of writing reports and
advocacy briefings in English
• Strong organisational skills and able to work to deadline
• Able to work independently
• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide
range of audiences
• Excellent conceptual and analytical skills and
demonstrable ability to think
strategically, innovatively and practically to ensure
achievement of desired change objectives.____________________________________________
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Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa. PO Box 358, Wits, 2050. Tel: +27 11 717 4047. Fax: +27 11 717 4040. Reg No 010-387-NPO. • Good interpersonal skills
• Drivers license
Desirable
Preferably an African state citizen
Knowledge of Portuguese an advantage
The post will require regular travel to countries in
east and southern Africa. It is expected that the
post holder will travel for at least one third of his or
her work time.
Applications should be sent to
info@savethechildren.org.za
All applications should include a covering letter,
CV and names of at least two
contactable references.
Closing Date for applications: 14th March 2008
Interviews: Interviews are planned to be held in
Pretoria on 20th March 2008 Please note: Correspondence
will only be entered into with short listed candidatesSave
the Children UK reserves the right not to fill the position.
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