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A Movement for Good, which aims at inspiring every person to act and become involved in creating the South Africa that we all want to live in, was launched today at The Apartheid Museum, Johannesburg. Spokesperson, Bryan Habana explains that “the Movement for Good starts with you. We all, in our individual capacities, can make a difference”.

“Noka e tlatswa ke dinokana – A river swells from little streams,” says Dali Mpofu, CEO of the SABC, “Each person has got the capacity to change not only their community or even their family, but society as a whole, so that the whole of South Africa can benefit from our own individual actions.”

On 27 April 1994 the world watched in awe as South Africans voted in the very first democratic elections. This year, South Africans commemorate 14 years of freedom with an array of planned events.

A Movement for Good, which aims at inspiring every person to act and become involved in creating the South Africa that we all want to live in, was launched today at The Apartheid Museum, Johannesburg. Spokesperson, Bryan Habana explains that “the Movement for Good starts with you. We all, in our individual capacities, can make a difference”.

“Noka e tlatswa ke dinokana – A river swells from little streams,” says Dali Mpofu, CEO of the SABC, “Each person has got the capacity to change not only their community or even their family, but society as a whole, so that the whole of South Africa can benefit from our own individual actions.”

South Africa has awarded one of its highest civilian honours to a Chicago-born mother who became an international peace activist and motivational speaker following her daughter's tragic death in Cape Town.

South African social networking site MyVideo is venturing into citizen journalism, with the website offering users R1 000 for submitting "compelling, relevant and exclusive video news content".

South Africa has become the fifth country in the world, and the first in Africa, to allow legal marriages between same-sex couples, after a historic vote in Parliament, followed by the signature of the acting President, passed the Civil Union Bill into law.

On 21 February 1917 over 600 black South Africans serving in World War I lost their lives when the troop carrier SS Mendi sank in the icy waters of the English Channel. The tragedy is now being commemorated by a special film produced by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula has called on South Africans to join in the fight against crime. The appeal comes as the government moves to strengthen policing at station level throughout the country, and through this to draw in stronger community support for combating crime.

The newly launched Kwa-Thema multi-purpose community centre is the first in Gauteng province to provide citizens with free internet access.

Donald Gordon, South African property and insurance magnate, philanthropist and sponsor of the arts, has been named in the Queen's birthday honours list for his contibution to the arts and business.