Andile carelse biography templates

It’s 5.24am on Saturday morning in the northern suburbs of Africa’s financial capital. I’ve just finished two hours re-editing a DVD for the big-screen display at the hottest party in town tonight. (Club Y at Carfax, Newtown, if you must know.) Now, there’s the obligatory wait for the video to render. (That’s geek speak for “processing the special effects”.) This leaves me time to catch up on overdue reading, including the letter from the president on the ANC Today newsletter.

It’s a touchy-feely column this week on eye surgery, among other things, and I smile because it’s nice to be able to agree wholeheartedly with politicians occasionally.

And immediately thereafter, on the same page, there’s the now customary swipe at the media: “WHAT THE MEDIA SAYS — Manufacturing usable lies”.

Like many of us in the media, I get all defensive whenever anyone picks on us. The days of the Bureau for Information censors during PW’s reign do not easily fade from memory — yep, blame apartheid.

This issue of ANC Today says: “In its 30 September 2007 edition, the newspaper City Press published on its front page an entirely false and deliberately manufactured story about ANC national chairperson Mosiuoa ‘Terror’ Lekota.” And my instinct is to say: “No way!”

See, much as City Press editor Mathatha Tsedu and I have had arguments over a range of things over the years we have known each other, I’m not prepared to believe that he would be party to deliberate falsification. Yes, I have an inherent sense of trust in the man’s integrity at that level.

But I’m quite inclined to believe that the checks and balances that would have been in place in the past are just not there any more.

Case in point: I’ve been running Yfm since Easter weekend this year. Three months later, my programme manager departs. And the phones start ringi

This year, the Open Disclosure Foundation (ODF) celebrates its fourth birthday, and there are so many reasons for this incredible organisation to celebrate.

At the heart of the ODF is Andile Carelse (nee Gaelesiwe), a kwaito artist who in 2001 revealed her painful past of being raped as a child.

After her disclosure hundreds of South Africans were encouraged to face their ordeals with sexual abuse. And as a result Open Disclosure was born.

On the 9th March 2002, over 50 people attended the very first Open Disclosure Day, among these were over 30 rape survivors, friends, family members, government representatives, role models and counsellors.  

The session began with Andile sharing her dramatic experiences of two horrific rapes. The ability for the group to share and understand the emotions of each survivor leads to many of the survivors disclosing their stories as well.

The session was facilitated by a counsellor and various other supporters who were able to provide a safe place for disclosure and a caring shoulder for those that needed it.

Andile, who is married to well known sports anchor, Udo Carelse, is passionate about leading the fight to end sexual abuse and violence across her country by creating forums to empower young people to talk about abuse and seek help.

Using her extensive connections to celebrities, police, counsellors, and teachers, this energetic and fun loving 34-year old is getting at the root of why sexual abuse happens and what society can do to stop it.

Her other projects include scripting, translating and presenting a TV show called Khumbul’ekhaya (remember home) and writing a book for all school-going young people called: claiming back your soul.

Andile, who was awarded the Clinton Democracy Fellowship, is also an Ashoka fellow. Ashoka is a global network f

Prof Meiring opened the proceedings with prayer.

My name is Mapula Ramashala, Commissioner and Committee Member for the Reparations and Rehabilitation Committee, Western Cape.

Ms M Mkize, Chairperson of the Committee and Commissioner for the Reparation and Rehabilitation Committee;

Ms Mary Burton, Commissioner, Member of the Human Rights Violations Committee;

Prof S Magwasa, Committee Member of the Reparations and Rehabilitation Committee, Kwazulu Natal;

Ms Glenda Wilscott, Commissioner and Member of the Reparations and Rehabilitation Committee, Western Cape;

Prof Piet Meiring, Member of the Reparations and Rehabilitation Committee, Gauteng.

I would like to recognise the Mayor, if he is in the audience and really thank you Mr Mayor, really thank him and Council and the other members of the Oudtshoorn Steering Committee for helping organise the past three days.

If you have not had the opportunity to visit the Museum please find the time. It is a wonderful documentation of the history of Oudtshoorn during the

conflict. It is documentation and history about which we

should be proud and it is very important that our children be exposed to that history.

That history was put together by members of the community of Oudtshoorn. It is by no means complete. There will be additions to that and additions to that, representing all sectors of the Oudtshoorn community who were involved during the struggle.

Last night we had a wonderful blessing service and for that too we are grateful.

What I will do, in just a few minutes, is to give a background on our programme today. These are not hearings in the traditional HRV context. They are a follow up of the HRV hearings and focus on, not only the mobilisation of the com