Thursday, October 22, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Crime and taverns... relatives?
The Monday after all the groups in our Journalism 3 class had their community meetings, each had to present their projects to the class. A common thread was noticeable in the presentations. The prevalence of alcohol and/or taverns in the incidence of crime in the groups’ respective areas was evident in most presentations.
In Hoogenoeg, a teenager interviewed on camera expressed concern in that most crimes take place when people get drunk and in the taverns in the area. Another interviewee from Vukani who has been raped four times told that the first time she got raped was when she went to a tavern.
In our work we tried as much as possible not to instutionalize the tavern as a crime breeding place but rather focussed on the idea of how a tavern is supposed to be a place where people come together and hold conversations, make friends and alleviate themselves of their daily problems for a short while but instead, it is tearing communities apart as people start fights, break into houses and rape neighbours as they leave taverns late at night. Hence, we decided to look at what taverns mean to the communities, the levels of safety and since our target audience are school kids, we looked at alternatives to alcohol consumption such as starting a community dance project. The television documentary focussed on the prevalence of taverns in these communities and how they became hotspots for crime in the area. One of the audio slides profiled a mother and son looking at what the mother is doing to instil discipline in her son and keep him away from the crime out on the streets.
Therefore, our group identified and followed through with this common thread finding that discipline needs to be instilled at a very young age and this is the responsibility of the parents and that kids need to acknowledge the crime levels in the in areas in order to actively keep away from it, hence our relationship with Tantyi Primary School. We hope that next year’s groups will build on our research and initiatives- especially at the school.
In Hoogenoeg, a teenager interviewed on camera expressed concern in that most crimes take place when people get drunk and in the taverns in the area. Another interviewee from Vukani who has been raped four times told that the first time she got raped was when she went to a tavern.
In our work we tried as much as possible not to instutionalize the tavern as a crime breeding place but rather focussed on the idea of how a tavern is supposed to be a place where people come together and hold conversations, make friends and alleviate themselves of their daily problems for a short while but instead, it is tearing communities apart as people start fights, break into houses and rape neighbours as they leave taverns late at night. Hence, we decided to look at what taverns mean to the communities, the levels of safety and since our target audience are school kids, we looked at alternatives to alcohol consumption such as starting a community dance project. The television documentary focussed on the prevalence of taverns in these communities and how they became hotspots for crime in the area. One of the audio slides profiled a mother and son looking at what the mother is doing to instil discipline in her son and keep him away from the crime out on the streets.
Therefore, our group identified and followed through with this common thread finding that discipline needs to be instilled at a very young age and this is the responsibility of the parents and that kids need to acknowledge the crime levels in the in areas in order to actively keep away from it, hence our relationship with Tantyi Primary School. We hope that next year’s groups will build on our research and initiatives- especially at the school.
Final visit to Tantyi Primary... sob-sob
The banner. For most of us the most exciting part of our project but for the designers, a ‘big head ache’, they nevertheless enjoyed gathering the raw material for it, see their post on visiting the school and collecting drawings from the kids depicting what they would like their community to be like.
The Monday after our big community meeting we set out to Tantyi Primary School for the last time (sob- sob) to present the school with the banner and hand out the prizes for the best writer on our competition asking grade 5 and 6 learners to write a paragraph on crime in their communities and possible solutions. The winning entries can be read in the previous post.
It is break time. We navigate towards the school library to put up the banner. A few boys enter nervously, watching us, what we are saying to each other and then their eyes follow ours as we admire their banner. They move closer and start pointing and touching- showing each other their drawings calling their friends from outside to join in the admiration of their work.
They love smiling and posing for the camera :P We love it too! You got to love your job as a journalist when you see such happy faces. For us, having our work published and having it put out there is something we take for granted because it forms the essence of our degrees but for these kids who rarely get the opportunity to page through a magazine or a newspaper, having their names and drawing placed on a huge banner in the library for everyone to see is quite a big deal and made us see the surface of community journalism.
Handing over the prizes for the best writers; the teachers and head master expressed great gratitude for our role in encouraging their pupils, we felt pleased, arrested with a sense of contentment in our work and what our careers can allow us to do.
The Monday after our big community meeting we set out to Tantyi Primary School for the last time (sob- sob) to present the school with the banner and hand out the prizes for the best writer on our competition asking grade 5 and 6 learners to write a paragraph on crime in their communities and possible solutions. The winning entries can be read in the previous post.
It is break time. We navigate towards the school library to put up the banner. A few boys enter nervously, watching us, what we are saying to each other and then their eyes follow ours as we admire their banner. They move closer and start pointing and touching- showing each other their drawings calling their friends from outside to join in the admiration of their work.
They love smiling and posing for the camera :P We love it too! You got to love your job as a journalist when you see such happy faces. For us, having our work published and having it put out there is something we take for granted because it forms the essence of our degrees but for these kids who rarely get the opportunity to page through a magazine or a newspaper, having their names and drawing placed on a huge banner in the library for everyone to see is quite a big deal and made us see the surface of community journalism.
Handing over the prizes for the best writers; the teachers and head master expressed great gratitude for our role in encouraging their pupils, we felt pleased, arrested with a sense of contentment in our work and what our careers can allow us to do.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Tantyi Primary writing competition
Today Reyhana, Babongile, Annetjie and Amy went back to Tantyi Primary to put up the design banner of the children's drawings, as well as to give the prizes to the winners of the writing competition.
The writing competition was held earlier on this term. The grade five and grade six learners were asked to write a short paragraph about crime in their community. The children in their writing suggested possible solutions for crime.
The winning boy is Stofile Nkoskhona.
He wrote:
Children in Hlalani are smoking in an early age. They like to do robbery and get drunk in taverns.
There was a house breaking two weeks ago and a 17-year-old was arrested with 24-year-old man.
Robbery has been a major problem here in Hlalani mostly in South Africa.
Only if children would go to school properly crime may be less.
The winning girl is a grade 5 learner, Anathi Tshongweni. She wrote:
Crime in my area
Rape is not a good thing.
There are a lot of criminals in the world.
In my street most people make murder.
Andile is making crime.
At South Africa there are many shoplifting. If you are of court case you are at big trouble.
Thulisa Moses wrote:
The corruption is very very big in the location in Grahamstown and the corruption was that one in young men and the young men were very wrong even when go to the other location the Phone was switch off when switch on the young men please sister give the phone. Even at home at night the gate was close if it's not close the young come to take something to buy for chicks something that one she is very expensive to go to chicks. The corruption is very very wrong really in the Grahamstown.
Another learner wrote:
There was three men. They went to the shop in o street. One bought two cigarettes. When my F. take change they put knife in my F. neck. Sprey sprey gun my f. is can't see other ones came in the shop and close this shop take money and food and ran. In came cops we don't know who called the cops. There was four boys like to sit in that shop. Cops take that boy to the police station. By 3 o 'Clock they come one of the robbers is in jail.
Sinethemba Jacobs wrote:
Crime: There are five men. They went to the town and manager running to the room and then use chocolate and airtime a manager use gun and use phone the police and then the man is run for police.
Solutions: The police patrol, no robbing manager, no robbing town, no robbing chocolate and airtime. The police patrol the town and the manager has burglar bars to the window.
We let the children tell it how it is.
The writing competition was held earlier on this term. The grade five and grade six learners were asked to write a short paragraph about crime in their community. The children in their writing suggested possible solutions for crime.
The winning boy is Stofile Nkoskhona.
He wrote:
Children in Hlalani are smoking in an early age. They like to do robbery and get drunk in taverns.
There was a house breaking two weeks ago and a 17-year-old was arrested with 24-year-old man.
Robbery has been a major problem here in Hlalani mostly in South Africa.
Only if children would go to school properly crime may be less.
The winning girl is a grade 5 learner, Anathi Tshongweni. She wrote:
Crime in my area
Rape is not a good thing.
There are a lot of criminals in the world.
In my street most people make murder.
Andile is making crime.
At South Africa there are many shoplifting. If you are of court case you are at big trouble.
Thulisa Moses wrote:
The corruption is very very big in the location in Grahamstown and the corruption was that one in young men and the young men were very wrong even when go to the other location the Phone was switch off when switch on the young men please sister give the phone. Even at home at night the gate was close if it's not close the young come to take something to buy for chicks something that one she is very expensive to go to chicks. The corruption is very very wrong really in the Grahamstown.
Another learner wrote:
There was three men. They went to the shop in o street. One bought two cigarettes. When my F. take change they put knife in my F. neck. Sprey sprey gun my f. is can't see other ones came in the shop and close this shop take money and food and ran. In came cops we don't know who called the cops. There was four boys like to sit in that shop. Cops take that boy to the police station. By 3 o 'Clock they come one of the robbers is in jail.
Sinethemba Jacobs wrote:
Crime: There are five men. They went to the town and manager running to the room and then use chocolate and airtime a manager use gun and use phone the police and then the man is run for police.
Solutions: The police patrol, no robbing manager, no robbing town, no robbing chocolate and airtime. The police patrol the town and the manager has burglar bars to the window.
We let the children tell it how it is.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Neighbourhood meeting :)
After a month of acquainting ourselves with four areas of Grahamstown previously unknown and only recently familiar to us, we are ready to have our community meeting. This meeting serves not only as a ‘showing’ of the work we have done in the community, but to group 6, the Taverna Knights, the neighbourhood meeting has three main aims. Firstly to create a place, a common setting where members of the four neighbourhoods: Tantyi, Hlalani, Xolani and Zolani can come together and speak about the crime affecting them, their family and neighbours. The community will also be encouraged to speak about the crime happening in their homes, in their neighbour’s homes and the neighbouring community. Secondly, we wish to bring to surface issues that the community hold close to heart, the issues that bother them and the areas where improvement is needed. And finally, the meeting hopes to be the place where ignorance is eradicated and people start to realise that crime is- as cliché as this may sound- a reality and happens all the time in their street, neighbourhood, town, province and country. It is a major issue that needs to be dealt with.
In the staff room of Tantyi Primary School with just over 30 chairs shared amongst 8 tables in a hot room full of dust is where the community meeting is to be held. It is only four-o-clock. Two hours before the meeting and four hours before some sleep. We are yearning for our beds. All eleven of us- one writer missing, Annatjie a very smart writer attended her hall awards evening where she won the award for best third year student- pouncing around with excitement, a few breaths short of relief and a little bit of nervousness.
Sorting out equipment, setting the tables and delegating duties for the evening set us at ease for a bit. When we looked at our watches. Fifteen minutes to six-o-clock. No one is here yet. No wait, here comes a lady- sparks of happiness, helloes and welcomes from all sides seating her down. Initiate plan B.
We decide to walk around a block knocking on doors telling people about the meeting, what it is about, how it will benefit them and that we produced media here in the in their streets. With disinterested faces hesitantly agreeing to come greeting with: “Siza kubona namanje”, we lure them with the fact that biscuits and tea will be served at the meeting. Yes! Now they look interested. So it went for a whole block of houses.
On returning to the staff room we see the lady conversing with three other women. Minutes later a young man joins and so more and more people came giving us an audience of 24 people. Nine of which were between the ages 8 – 12, five between 13 – 18, four between 19 – 26 and six people 35+. The meeting, dominated by females was graced by the presence of one young man in primary school and eight other young boys who had just entered the education system.
Lights. Camera. Projector. Mikes. Ready!
I may not have mentioned this before but we produced six stories written for publication in Groccotts Mail, three audio slides, one documentary and tons of photographs which can all be found on this blog and also on Groccotts Online. The two MC’s, Siphosethu and S’bosh firstly introduced us as Taverna Knights, explained to the room what we are doing here tonight, the aims and why this bears significance to them. We played back the audio slides, documentary and provided a summarised version of the stories written with discussion thereafter. All of this was recorded on film and will be available on this blog soon. The audience engaged well with the footage and the interactions were great. A more detailed post on the discussions that emerged from the meeting will be posted at a later stage.
The three designers in our multimedia group also produced brochures containing information on our civic journalism project, a story on the historical context of taverns and its’ significance and another story on community based alternatives to alcohol consumption. People were also handed pamphlets encouraging people to walk home safely and in a group after a night out.
After lengthy discussions on the causes of crime, shifting the blame, people sharing personal experiences of crime and looking at possible solutions to crime in their respective areas, the meeting was brought to a closure. Leaving the staff room as we have found it, we hope that we have changes the communities’ views on and attitudes towards crime.
In the staff room of Tantyi Primary School with just over 30 chairs shared amongst 8 tables in a hot room full of dust is where the community meeting is to be held. It is only four-o-clock. Two hours before the meeting and four hours before some sleep. We are yearning for our beds. All eleven of us- one writer missing, Annatjie a very smart writer attended her hall awards evening where she won the award for best third year student- pouncing around with excitement, a few breaths short of relief and a little bit of nervousness.
Sorting out equipment, setting the tables and delegating duties for the evening set us at ease for a bit. When we looked at our watches. Fifteen minutes to six-o-clock. No one is here yet. No wait, here comes a lady- sparks of happiness, helloes and welcomes from all sides seating her down. Initiate plan B.
We decide to walk around a block knocking on doors telling people about the meeting, what it is about, how it will benefit them and that we produced media here in the in their streets. With disinterested faces hesitantly agreeing to come greeting with: “Siza kubona namanje”, we lure them with the fact that biscuits and tea will be served at the meeting. Yes! Now they look interested. So it went for a whole block of houses.
On returning to the staff room we see the lady conversing with three other women. Minutes later a young man joins and so more and more people came giving us an audience of 24 people. Nine of which were between the ages 8 – 12, five between 13 – 18, four between 19 – 26 and six people 35+. The meeting, dominated by females was graced by the presence of one young man in primary school and eight other young boys who had just entered the education system.
Lights. Camera. Projector. Mikes. Ready!
I may not have mentioned this before but we produced six stories written for publication in Groccotts Mail, three audio slides, one documentary and tons of photographs which can all be found on this blog and also on Groccotts Online. The two MC’s, Siphosethu and S’bosh firstly introduced us as Taverna Knights, explained to the room what we are doing here tonight, the aims and why this bears significance to them. We played back the audio slides, documentary and provided a summarised version of the stories written with discussion thereafter. All of this was recorded on film and will be available on this blog soon. The audience engaged well with the footage and the interactions were great. A more detailed post on the discussions that emerged from the meeting will be posted at a later stage.
The three designers in our multimedia group also produced brochures containing information on our civic journalism project, a story on the historical context of taverns and its’ significance and another story on community based alternatives to alcohol consumption. People were also handed pamphlets encouraging people to walk home safely and in a group after a night out.
After lengthy discussions on the causes of crime, shifting the blame, people sharing personal experiences of crime and looking at possible solutions to crime in their respective areas, the meeting was brought to a closure. Leaving the staff room as we have found it, we hope that we have changes the communities’ views on and attitudes towards crime.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Get home safe initiative
Ok, so at Rhodes, there's the "Get Home Safe" initiative that was started by the Dean of Students Division and it seems to be going relatively well.
For our CMP project, one of the prominent problems which residents spoke about was the lack of safety for the people who walk out of the taverns alone (especially girls and young women).
So we want to encourage the community (especially the older kids and maybe the tavern owners) to start an initiative which would help people to get home safe. Perhaps walking in groups, getting a car, taxi, etc which would be willing to take people home and prevent unsavoury things from happening to people on their way home in the dark.
So in that regard, we'll be handing out pamphlets as a challenge to residents TO MAKE THEIR COMMUNITIES SAFER @ NIGHT!
For our CMP project, one of the prominent problems which residents spoke about was the lack of safety for the people who walk out of the taverns alone (especially girls and young women).
So we want to encourage the community (especially the older kids and maybe the tavern owners) to start an initiative which would help people to get home safe. Perhaps walking in groups, getting a car, taxi, etc which would be willing to take people home and prevent unsavoury things from happening to people on their way home in the dark.
So in that regard, we'll be handing out pamphlets as a challenge to residents TO MAKE THEIR COMMUNITIES SAFER @ NIGHT!
Writing competition
So we are all set to do the writing competition! Each grade 7 learner at Tantyi Primary School will write about their wish for their community. The story can be of any length, and either in English or isiXhosa, or even Zulu! There are two prizes, one for the best entry from a boy and one for the best story by a girl. And we will take photos so watch this space! The kids will have the weekend to write down their wishes, and the winners will be announced at the community meetings next week Wednesday, which will also be held at the school.
Fun-filled trip to Tantyi School
7 October 2009
Today the design kids headed down to Tantyi Primary school to get the school kids involved in helping our group to create a banner. This banner is one of the initiatives to help create awareness of violence in the area, and also to try and encourage community members to create a positive and brighter future for their children.
Before we set off to the school, we grabbed some crayons and paper for the kids to draw on. Upon arriving at Tantyi School, we were greeted with big smiles and friendly faces. We went to the staff room to ask permission from the teachers to engage with the kids, and this was also received with friendly faces and agreement.
As soon as the kids saw the crayons and paper, a huge group stormed and bombarded us with open palms and screams of joy. One could almost say that Bree, Zelda and Kate experienced what it would be like to be famous and have everyone just wanting to touch you and be close to you, whilst screaming and going mad. To spark this "positive future" initiative, we asked the kids to draw what was important for them in their community and what things they would like to have in their future. It was very interesting to see how urbanised these children were as so many of them drew cars, houses and being gangsters. We even saw a little five year old draw a convertible!! It makes one so baffled as to how these kids saw their world, because for some of us urban kids, we didn't even know what a convertible was until we were thirteen perhaps. There were a few drawings that had trees and flowers, and some drew helicopters and other drew being grown men. Whilst all of this was happening, some kids were so intrigued by us three design kids that they started playing with our hair and held us around our waists as though we were our friends. They were very affectionate and loving towards us. We asked them to dance for us and we interacted with them by clapping our hands and singing and having them joyously join in with smiles and laughter.
When they all finished their drawings, they handed back the paper and crayons. As we left, the whole big group greeted us with smiles and thumb presses. Some even opened the gate for us. Although we did not have any footage or photos of this, it was an amazing experience!
Today the design kids headed down to Tantyi Primary school to get the school kids involved in helping our group to create a banner. This banner is one of the initiatives to help create awareness of violence in the area, and also to try and encourage community members to create a positive and brighter future for their children.
Before we set off to the school, we grabbed some crayons and paper for the kids to draw on. Upon arriving at Tantyi School, we were greeted with big smiles and friendly faces. We went to the staff room to ask permission from the teachers to engage with the kids, and this was also received with friendly faces and agreement.
As soon as the kids saw the crayons and paper, a huge group stormed and bombarded us with open palms and screams of joy. One could almost say that Bree, Zelda and Kate experienced what it would be like to be famous and have everyone just wanting to touch you and be close to you, whilst screaming and going mad. To spark this "positive future" initiative, we asked the kids to draw what was important for them in their community and what things they would like to have in their future. It was very interesting to see how urbanised these children were as so many of them drew cars, houses and being gangsters. We even saw a little five year old draw a convertible!! It makes one so baffled as to how these kids saw their world, because for some of us urban kids, we didn't even know what a convertible was until we were thirteen perhaps. There were a few drawings that had trees and flowers, and some drew helicopters and other drew being grown men. Whilst all of this was happening, some kids were so intrigued by us three design kids that they started playing with our hair and held us around our waists as though we were our friends. They were very affectionate and loving towards us. We asked them to dance for us and we interacted with them by clapping our hands and singing and having them joyously join in with smiles and laughter.
When they all finished their drawings, they handed back the paper and crayons. As we left, the whole big group greeted us with smiles and thumb presses. Some even opened the gate for us. Although we did not have any footage or photos of this, it was an amazing experience!
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
More about Taverna Knights
Angle: The impact that taverns have on the social fabric of the communities of Zolani, Xolani, Hlalani and Tantyi.
Target audience: School children and their parents, to raise awareness about the dangers of drinking and the disintegrating social fabric and to create healthy habits and show alternatives to drinking from an early age.
Target audience: School children and their parents, to raise awareness about the dangers of drinking and the disintegrating social fabric and to create healthy habits and show alternatives to drinking from an early age.
At first sight
1. Physical appearance
We drive on a dirt road with many loose stones rolling under the wheels. We get to a mud house where the first of us leave the bakkie to go explore Hlalani. There are many people walking on the dirt road, squinting as they look into the bakkie with curiosity and suspicion. Many of the houses have outside toilets and water tanks. The houses are painted all the colours of the rainbow. Yellowed ANC posters wave like flags on the electricity poles. There are many forms of building material lying around; bricks, timber and sink plates. Dogs, goats and donkeys run around with the children in the street. There are peach trees with friendly pink blossoms among the dirt and decay. Another fascinating aspect is how the very poor and the more affluent live side by side. There are badly maintained houses standing next to more sturdy, aesthetically pleasing houses. A strong scent of wood and fire fills my nostrils as we climb out the bakkie to talk to the people.
2. We went to the school, and from there we were directed to other people’s houses. We spoke to a man who represents the ANC and is seen to be a community leader. We also speak to people in the street. We went to the tavern and took note of other informal get together places are, for example the spaza shop, a hair salon and so forth.
3. key people: Sipho has all the contact details. I gave my number to the one community leader who will sms me when they have a community meeting.
4. Issues: crimes like rape, murder, break-ins, robberies. The ANC Youth League’s regional secretary, Oscar Dondashe was shot dead by robbers the last Sunday of the festival over a cell phone. (The community leader has the newspaper clipping stuck against his living room wall). The police are inadequate, late, and not effective. The many taverns are also identified as a source of crime.
Mobile police stations and more visible policemen have been requested from the police, without any success.
We drive on a dirt road with many loose stones rolling under the wheels. We get to a mud house where the first of us leave the bakkie to go explore Hlalani. There are many people walking on the dirt road, squinting as they look into the bakkie with curiosity and suspicion. Many of the houses have outside toilets and water tanks. The houses are painted all the colours of the rainbow. Yellowed ANC posters wave like flags on the electricity poles. There are many forms of building material lying around; bricks, timber and sink plates. Dogs, goats and donkeys run around with the children in the street. There are peach trees with friendly pink blossoms among the dirt and decay. Another fascinating aspect is how the very poor and the more affluent live side by side. There are badly maintained houses standing next to more sturdy, aesthetically pleasing houses. A strong scent of wood and fire fills my nostrils as we climb out the bakkie to talk to the people.
2. We went to the school, and from there we were directed to other people’s houses. We spoke to a man who represents the ANC and is seen to be a community leader. We also speak to people in the street. We went to the tavern and took note of other informal get together places are, for example the spaza shop, a hair salon and so forth.
3. key people: Sipho has all the contact details. I gave my number to the one community leader who will sms me when they have a community meeting.
4. Issues: crimes like rape, murder, break-ins, robberies. The ANC Youth League’s regional secretary, Oscar Dondashe was shot dead by robbers the last Sunday of the festival over a cell phone. (The community leader has the newspaper clipping stuck against his living room wall). The police are inadequate, late, and not effective. The many taverns are also identified as a source of crime.
Mobile police stations and more visible policemen have been requested from the police, without any success.
Crime questionaire
- Tell us about the kinds of crime that you see or hear about in your
community/these communities?
- Which are the ones that you think are most worrying? (And why?)
- Why do you think these crimes are taking place?
- How is it affecting you? (Is it changing the way you go about your
day-to-day business?) How is it affecting the neighbourhood/community? (does
it make it harder to get along or are people suspicious of one another as a
result?)
- Do you feel safe living here? Do you think others feel safe?
- (At this point, you could ask some follow-up questions about the victims
of crime and the perpetrators, and how they are supported/shunned by the
community)
- Who are the different people/groups that should be addressing the crime
problems we have spoken about? (and here you can address the community
initiatives going on, their knowledge of the CPF, the role of parents, the
police etc)
- Tell them that you want to tell stories about the experience of crime in
their neighbourhoods but you also want to come back to them and talk about
ways that you could work together to come up with some solutions to deal
with the issues or put them in touch with people who can help. Ask if they
would be willing to work with you in that way. But also be clear that what
you are proposing is collaborative - you are not there to deliver
answers/solutions by yourself.
- Also ask them the kinds of stories that they would like to hear about,
because they will be your audience. What would help them to understand the
issues better and understand how they can better get involved?
community/these communities?
- Which are the ones that you think are most worrying? (And why?)
- Why do you think these crimes are taking place?
- How is it affecting you? (Is it changing the way you go about your
day-to-day business?) How is it affecting the neighbourhood/community? (does
it make it harder to get along or are people suspicious of one another as a
result?)
- Do you feel safe living here? Do you think others feel safe?
- (At this point, you could ask some follow-up questions about the victims
of crime and the perpetrators, and how they are supported/shunned by the
community)
- Who are the different people/groups that should be addressing the crime
problems we have spoken about? (and here you can address the community
initiatives going on, their knowledge of the CPF, the role of parents, the
police etc)
- Tell them that you want to tell stories about the experience of crime in
their neighbourhoods but you also want to come back to them and talk about
ways that you could work together to come up with some solutions to deal
with the issues or put them in touch with people who can help. Ask if they
would be willing to work with you in that way. But also be clear that what
you are proposing is collaborative - you are not there to deliver
answers/solutions by yourself.
- Also ask them the kinds of stories that they would like to hear about,
because they will be your audience. What would help them to understand the
issues better and understand how they can better get involved?
Minutes of the first meeting
Group 6
Meeting #1 minutes
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Attendance: everyone
Meeting was held outside the AMM at 14:00. Members were assigned to different areas.
Tantyi: Sibo, Grethe and Kate will speak to Malulama, a lady who works at Phelps. They also have television footage of Tantyi.
Xolani: Babongile, Amy and Reyhaha
Zolani: Annetjie, Sipho and Ulandi
Hlalani: Zelda and Nicolene.
We drove to the areas and split up. Spoke to different people and acquired cell phone numbers. Left the area at 16:10
Ulandi drove 15 kilometers.
Meeting #1 minutes
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Attendance: everyone
Meeting was held outside the AMM at 14:00. Members were assigned to different areas.
Tantyi: Sibo, Grethe and Kate will speak to Malulama, a lady who works at Phelps. They also have television footage of Tantyi.
Xolani: Babongile, Amy and Reyhaha
Zolani: Annetjie, Sipho and Ulandi
Hlalani: Zelda and Nicolene.
We drove to the areas and split up. Spoke to different people and acquired cell phone numbers. Left the area at 16:10
Ulandi drove 15 kilometers.
Design and Writing Objectives and Planned Outputs
Outputs: CMP print objective a) To Take Back to the Community
1. Pamphlet – Get Home Safe (walking home together in groups from taverns)
Concept: Encourage community to come up with ways of getting these off the ground
Self sustaining community initiative
Needed: Written content advocating scheme (Writers)
Pictures (Photographers)
2. Brochure – History of Taverns (Then and Now:)
Concept: The role of Taverns in the community, impact on the social fabric
Needed: Written content and archive pics (Writers - Anna)
Pictures (Photographers)
3. Poster – Responsible Tavern Drinking
Concept: promote safe drinking
Needed: Written content (Writers)
Designed Poster (Designers)
4. Banner – Youth Wish List/ Banner of Hope
Concept: School children’s hopes/wishes for their community
Underlying social issues of the community
Needed: Written content - children’s wishes/hopes/drawings (Writers+Designers)
Pictures – school children (Photographers)
5. Blog
Concept: Showcasing Group Work
(Optional but recommended.)
Needed: Content (TV/Writers/Radio?)
6. Survey
Concept: Find out the key issues surrounding crime in the community
Addition to focus group information (supplement for those who didn’t attend)
Needed: Written content i.e. questions/intro blurb (Writers + group contributions)
7. Logo
Concept: Capture groups objectives/identity
Enable community to easily identify with our group and our work
Useful marketing tool – help carry our message across different hypothetical platforms e.g. coasters, stickers, group letterheads, group blog sites, news mag name plate, etc
(Optional but recommended.)
Needed: Design (Designers + group contributions to logo design)
Outputs: CMP print objective b) To Aggregate Group Work
8. News magazine (2 copies for marking purposes)
Concept: Showcasing group work across the specializations
Needed: All content capable of being used in print. (Group)
News Mag ideas: i) community vox pops (Radio)
ii) comic strip (Designers)
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