Channeling SA’s money into better social and environmental outcomes
South Africa has been leading the investigation and creation of outcomes-based contracts and social impact bonds (SIB) in the developing world. Now, two new short courses are set to roll out crucial...
View ArticleDream of affordable housing for all is achievable
Industry experts argue that greater coordination and collaboration can unlock a more proactive approach to building affordable housing to meet SA’s development needs. Lack of affordable housing remains...
View ArticleRestoring hope through literacy
It has been said that literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. No truer words have been said of thousands of children in Southern Africa, upon their discovery of the power of the written word… of...
View ArticleMusic icons to add melody to Heritage Day
Sacred Heart has proudly announced that they will be hosting multi-platinum artist, Lira, legendary Sipho ‘Hotstix’ Mabuse and international SAMA & BET award winning DJ, Black Coffee at their...
View ArticleSMEC engineers Soweto community empowerment
smec-south-africa-graduate-engineers-on-bursary-programmes-became-involved-with-the-design-process-of-the-community-centre SMEC South Africa is providing on-site training for its graduate engineers, as...
View ArticleCSI is the new currency consciously growing the bottom line
Image credits: YourVelocity.com- By Glenda Mansfield When it comes to growing your business, people are everything, be they staff, customers, or the community surrounding your brand. Investment into...
View ArticleLearners benefit from Eskom
The Eskom Development Foundation recently completed a three year programme aimed at assisting ten secondary schools in Mpumalanga to improve their maths and science learning. This corporate social...
View ArticleSASSTEC, Changing lives and securing futures
Through various social intervention projects the group continuously touches the lives of people by responding to the real needs of communities, thereby playing an increasingly vital role in the...
View ArticleSchneider Electric Foundation* donates €7,000 for a rural project delivered...
Earlier this year, the Schneider Electric Foundation donated €7,000 to the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) ‘Project Connect’ endeavour in Gwakwani Village, a remote rural village in Limpopo, almost...
View ArticlePRAGMA helps its own through social economic development
Pragma, South Africa’s leading enterprise asset management and reliability engineering experts, takes socio economic development (SED) seriously. Not because of what it means to its Level 1 Broad-Based...
View ArticleGwakwani Village receives solar bakery
For a community in deep rural Limpopo, a successful and on-going partnership between the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science (Faculty of...
View ArticleLife is On for Zandspruit community
Energy poverty is a thing of the past for approximately 130 households in the informal settlement in Zandspruit, west of Johannesburg. Schneider Electric South Africa recently provided close to 130...
View ArticleMr Wise launches Engen KlevaKidz in the Western Cape
The annual Engen KlevaKidz launched in the Western Cape this month with super hero safety educator, Mr Wise in the starring role. KlevaKidz is an educational campaign that uses industrial theatre to...
View ArticleEskom collaborates to support sustainable development at Trialogue Conference
Eskom has partnered with Trialogue, South Africa’s leading CSI consultancy, in a bid to bring together business, government, civil society and academics to collaborate and innovate at the 2018 Business...
View ArticleEskom invites entries for small business competition
The Eskom Development Foundation officially launched the 2018 edition of the Business Investment Competition (BIC) today in Johannesburg. Small businesses from all provinces are encouraged to enter and...
View ArticleCCBSA donates R50 000 to IDUC Centre
Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) recently donated R50 000 to the Initiative for Dedicated Upliftment and Care Centre (IDUC), an organisation that supports rape survivors in Potchefstroom. This...
View ArticleEngen partners with Gift of The Givers to assist drought-stricken community
When the Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape, which includes drought-stricken Makhanda was declared a local state of disaster area on February 25th, Engen heeded the communities...
View ArticleEducators inspired on International Women’s Day
The Ithemba Trust, a women’s empowerment body, together with Bureau Veritas Southern Africa, the global leader in Testing, Inspection and Certification, today celebrated their inaugural inspirational...
View ArticleHOW DO WE CREATE GREATER RESILIENCE AND INCLUSION IN SOUTH AFRICA AFTER COVID?
The challenge of avoiding digital inequalityHow a more inclusive approach to digital transformation can provide long-term economic growthWhy taking short cuts exposes South African businesses to...
View ArticleFLUSHING TOILETS GIVE A COMMUNITY IN ALEXANDRA MUCH DESERVED PRIDE AND DIGNITY
Return2Love Foundation, in association Rebosis Property Fund, has ensured that a community at small Street at number 24-16th Avenue, Alexandra, get flushing toilets, and most importantly pride and...
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