Department of Labour

Backchat spoke to Trevor Bailey from the Department of Labour. We spoke about the disability and equality at the work place and we’ve heard that the widespread ignorance, fear and stereotypes causes people with disabilities to be unfairly discriminated against in society and in employment. As a result, people with disabilities experience high unemployment levels and, in the workplace, often remain in low status jobs.
For more information you can call Trevor Bailey at 021 441 8081
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We then spoke to Dr Jennifer Edge a breast cancer specialist.
We have heard that cancer begins when one cell changes and starts growing and dividing rapidly out of control. This one cell divides to give two cells, then four, eight and so on until they form growing mass of cancer cells - called a tumour.
For more information you can call Jennifer Edge on 021 426 5335

We rounded up our show with Johan Minnie from the Disaster Management Services in the Western Cape. We spoke about International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction.We have heard that this awareness day falls on the second Wednesday of October to promote a global culture of natural disaster reduction, including disaster prevention, mitigation and preparedness.
The World Disaster Reduction Campaign 2006-2007 has been under way for a year. We also heard that various initiatives, such as making schools safer, developing educational materials, educating disaster risk reduction at schools, developing training manuals, have been carried out worldwide since the campaign was launched in 2006.
For more information you can call Johan Minnie on 021 597 5007