2009 Speeches

U. S. – South Africa Partnership For Workforce Skills Development Launch,
aterberg Further Educatio and Training College, Limpopo Province.  Remarks by Cathy Moore, Deputy Director, USAID Southern Africa.
October 20, 2009:  Education has been a central cornerstone of USAID’s program in South and Southern Africa. To date, USAID remains the largest bilateral international development partner to South Africa’s education sector, contributing $407 million in programs, of which $153 million represented a direct bilateral partnership with the Department of Education.

Women’s Justice Empowerment Initiative Anti-Sexual Offences Indaba.  Remarks by Gary Juste, Deputy Director; USAID Southern Africa, Johannesburg.
May 18, 2009:  Our Women’s Justice & Empowerment Initiative (WJEI) is one of USAID’s key tools in this effort.  The U.S. Government has increased funding for this program, enabling the American people to give even more resources to help South Africa combat violence against women and children.  This Indaba reflects the dedication and commitment of every one present today to work together to deal effectively with South Africa’s serious problem of sexual and gender-based violence. 

Women’s Justice Empowerment Initiative (WJEI) Launch
Remarks by Dr. Carleene Dei, Mission Director; USAID Southern Africa, Cape Town.
April 2, 2009: Former CNN Bureau Chief and journalist, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, has been quoted as saying that: “South Africans have become numb to statistics” regarding such things as rape and crime.  But I believe that today’s launch demonstrates unequivocally that, while this may be true for some, there are many South Africans in the public and private sector who are moving aggressively to address the issue of Violence against Women and Children.

"TB is Society's Responsibility - Together We Can Defeat TB". By Chargé d'Affaires Helen La Lime.
March 24, 2009:  The American people, through the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR), USAID and other programs, are making major investments to prevent and control TB in countries around the world where the burden of the disease is highest, including South Africa.  We are active partners in the worldwide STOP TB campaign, working to halve TB prevalence and deaths by 2015 (relative to 1990 levels). Achieving this goal could save 14 million lives and create great economic benefits for nations.

USAID and the University of the Western Cape, HIV and AIDS Peer Education Development and Training. Remarks by Dr. Carleene Dei, USAID Southern Africa Regional Director, March 3, 2009
March 3, 2009: You may be interested to know that one of USAID’s earliest areas of support to South Africa was in the area of education.  In the mid-1980s, we gave scholarships—what you call “bursaries”—to South Africans of color to attend higher education institutions in South Africa and at American universities where they could study subjects that apartheid prohibited them from studying.

Remarks by Dr. Alberta Mayberry, Consulate General of the USA in Cape Town. USAID Award-Granting Ceremony to University of the Western Cape
March 3, 2009: On the one hand, it is an honor and a pleasure for me to be here representing the U.S. government on this very important occasion.  I applaud USAID for this very significant Grant.