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A delegation from South Africa will visit Qatar from Wednesday 14 February to 16 February 2007 to promote trade, tourism and investment in South Africa ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

World Aids Day calls on people around the world to honour all HIV infected persons and people living with Aids for their courage and determination to live their lives to the fullest and continue to face all challenges head-on.

In South Africa, World Aids Day presents a unique opportunity for Government, civil society, faith-based, non-governmental (NGOs), and community-based organisations to reflect on achievements and goals reached during the course of the year.

Wear the white ribbon and ‘Act against Abuse’. That’s the call of this year’s 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children campaign. Starting on 25 November (which is International Day of No Violence against Women), the campaign will be supported across the world until it ends on 10 December (International Human Rights Day).

Says Margaret Dingalo, stakeholder relations director for the International Marketing Council (IMC) of South Africa: “The call to action in these 16 days is vital, as abuse against women and children is unacceptably high in South Africa, despite our world-renowned constitution and strong legal emphasis on the rights of women.”

The International Marketing Council (IMC) of South Africa was named Investment Promotion Agency of the Year at the Africa Investor Awards, which have just taken place in Nairobi, Kenya.

This is the second year running that the IMC has scooped this award at Africa’s Business Oscars, in recognition of its excellent work in promoting South Africa as open for business.

Accepting the award, Margaret Dingalo, Director of Stakeholder Relations at the IMC, said that it was proof that “the new South Africa works.”