Phuza Wize Meadowlands – Speakers’ backgrounds

Dr Neo Morojele is the Deputy Director of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit of the Medical Research Council. She has experience in conducting substance abuse research in treatment, health, school, bar and community settings. She is currently involved in studies on alcohol and other drug use and HIV-related sexual risk behaviour. She also conducts research on adolescent substance [...]

Phuza Wize Pinetown – Speakers’ backgrounds

Professor Charles Parry is the Director of the South African Medical Research Council’s Alcohol & Drug Abuse Research Unit (ADARU). He is also an Extraordinary Professor in Psychiatry at the University of Stellenbosch.
He received graduate training in South Africa (MSc) and the USA (MA, PhD) in clinical/community psychology and mathematical statistics and has published over [...]

Phuza Wize round table: 3 March at Sedibeng in Meadowlands, Gauteng

09:45-10:00
(15 mins)

REGISTRATION & TEA

10:00-10:15
(15 mins)

WELCOME
Birgit Schwarz (project director, frayintermedia)

10:15-10:30
(15 mins)

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Phuza Wize: Why the need for this campaign?
Speaker: Dr Sue Goldstein (senior executive, Soul City Institute)

10:30-11:30
(1 hour)

SEMINAR 1:
Understanding the Link Between Violence and Alcohol Consumption
Expert: Dr Neo Morojele (deputy director, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council)
Facilitator: [...]

Phuza Wize round table: 1 March at the Rainbow in Pinetown KZN

09:30-10:00
(30 mins)

REGISTRATION & TEA

10:00-10:15
(15 mins)

WELCOME
Michael Schmidt (managing director , frayintermedia)

10:15-10:30
(15 mins)

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Phuza Wize: Why the need for this campaign?
Speaker: Dr Sue Goldstein (Soul City Alcohol Reduction and Violence Prevention Campaign Manager)

10:30-11:30
(1 hour)

SEMINAR 1: Understanding the Link Between Violence and Alcohol Consumption
Experts: Prof Charles Parry (director, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, South African [...]

Getting the message across during the Soccer World Cup

frayintermedia will conduct a two-day media skills programme for GTZ in January 2010, including practical coaching on being interviewed for radio and television.
The massive global media coverage South Africa will receive during the 2010 Soccer World Cup will shape the world’s perceptions of the country and the continent with a lasting effect. Over a billion [...]

Biotechnology in Food Security – Media Round Table 29 Oct Pretoria

Invite you to a media round table on

“The Role of Biotechnology in Food Security”

Is there enough food for the growing human population? Is genetic modification the solution and where do organics fit into the picture? Can your journalists write quickly and intelligently on these burning issues for their readers or audience?*

SCI-ENZA, University of Pretoria [...]

Holding Politicians Accountable

HOLDING POLITICIANS ACCOUNTABLE: REPORTING ON THE 2009 ELECTION & BEYOND
You are invited to attend a free one-day seminar series on March 4 at Hackle Brooke, Johannesburg.
- Resurgent inter-party violence in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape.
- Political leaders turning the heat up with hate speech against their adversaries.
- South Africa’s huddled masses competing [...]

Deputy Science minister to kick-off dynamic conference

The Deputy Minister for the Department of Science and Technology, Mr Derek Hanekom, will open the Reporting Science Conference, taking place on 10-11 November 2008 in Johannesburg.
Bob Scholes  a leader of the ecosystem processes and dynamics research group, and a Fellow of the CSIR will be the keynote speaker at the second Reporting Science Conference [...]

Attend the Journalism Dialogues, Pretoria: Has the media treated Jacob Zuma fairly?