http://www.sgi-sa.org.za The Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin – Soka Gakkai International Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:04:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en SGI South Africa has been attracting some media attention. On South African Human Rights Day, March 21, our general director, Loren Kabosha, represesented us in a Human Rights Special live broadcast. On Sunday April 6, Loren Kabosha will appear again, on Encounters on SABC2 at 12h30, a programme focusing on ... http://www.sgi-sa.org.za/2008/03/27/sgi-sa-in-the-media/ On Saturday 8 September, at 6.30pm (doors open 6pm), SGI South Africa in Johannesburg will be hosting My Revolution, a tribute to Steve Biko in dance, music, song, storytelling and poetry. My Revolution will include a performance by poet Khosi Xaba. The venue is the SGI South Africa community centre in ... http://www.sgi-sa.org.za/2007/08/15/steve-biko-my-revolution/ Cape Town member Julie Catto writes:– 9th August in South Africa is Women’s Day, a public holiday, so we decided to do an outreach activity in a nearby community. Our plan was to create a peace garden at a member’s home; we chose Sweetness, a member who lives near Cape ... http://www.sgi-sa.org.za/2007/08/09/celebrating-national-womens-day-in-cape-town/ A profile and history of SGI South Africa was published in the January edition of SQI Quarterly, the English-language journal of SGI. Written for Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike, SGI Quarterly describes the peace-building activities of SGI and other organisations and persons with similar philosophies. The article on South Africa ... http://www.sgi-sa.org.za/2007/01/13/sgi-sa-featured-in-sgi-quarterly/ The 11th of September 1906 witnessed the birth of a peace movement in South Africa, an event that had resonance throughout the world. On this date, Mahatma Gandhi launched Satyagraha, a movement for non-violent activism in protest at racist laws proposed by the South African administration. In celebration of this ... http://www.sgi-sa.org.za/2006/09/16/celebrating-satyagraha/ Building the Foundations of Peace - The 'Gandhi, King, Ikeda: A Legacy of Building Peace' Exhibition was brought to South Africa by SGI-SA in 2004. The 'Gandhi, King, Ikeda: A Legacy of Building Peace' Exhibition highlights the commitment to human rights and world peace by men and women of different cultures, ... http://www.sgi-sa.org.za/2004/11/20/gandhi-king-ikeda/