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Kauai donates to CANSA with new smoothies
R2 from each sale of Kauai's new Upbeet Berry Smoothie, which promotes healthy skin from the inside out, will go to Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA), as part of both organisations' bid to make more South Africans be good to their skin this summer. 5 Dec 2011 11:15
Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award offers Cape Town opportunities
The fifth international Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award, worth R750 000, has opened for entries from projects based in the Cape Town metropolitan area that meet the criterion of benefiting urban communities and local residents by improving their urban environments. Entries close at 4pm on 24 February 2012 and the award will be presented on 19 April, in Cape Town. 2 Dec 2011 11:42


Cracking good Christmas for V&A
A large Christmas cracker, measuring 1.5 by 6 metres, has been positioned at the Wheel of Excellence at the V&A Waterfront to encourage visitors to bring along toys, which they can donate by placing them through a shoebox-sized slot in the cracker. All the toys collected will be donated to the Tehillah Community Centre in Elsies River. 2 Dec 2011 10:46
We Can Change Our World
Bizcommunity and WeCanChangeOurWorld join forces to making a sustainable difference
WeCanChangeOurWorld is an online platform to showcase, connect and communicate all social and environmental development in South Africa and the world, with a view to optimising and facilitating collaboration between NGOs, government and business. 30 Nov 2011 11:34
Bizcommunity, WeCanChangeOurWorld partner to make sustainable difference
The reality is this: If we do not start looking after nature and the people on our planet, we risk robbing future generations of any meaningful legacy! Is that really what we want? 21 Nov 2011 12:21
Social entrepreneur, Andrew Muir, acknowledged
For its social intervention and experiential environmental education programmes, the Wilderness Foundation's director, Andrew Muir, was selected as the winner in the Social Entrepreneur category for the 2011 Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur Awards Programme. 21 Nov 2011 11:21
Make gifting meaningful this year
A national fundraising initiative, MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet, has made Christmas giving easier this year by substituting expensive trinkets with creative, meaningful and original gifts that keep on giving. 17 Nov 2011 15:23
Ciro's support for PinkDrive proves successful
Ciro partnered with Protea Hotels to supply a range of coffee products to prepare espresso-based hot and cold beverages served to guests who attended a series of 'High Coffee' events countrywide, in support of the PinkDrive in October 2011. 16 Nov 2011 10:09
Kraft Foods donation to aid famine victims
In response to calls for continued humanitarian assistance to ease the plight of millions in the drought-ravaged Horn of Africa, Kraft Foods is donating US$100 000 (Ksh10 million) to the Kenya Red Cross and Somali Red Crescent, which are coordinating relief efforts in the region. 9 Nov 2011 17:21
Woolworths' virtual store supports World Diabetes Day
Woolworths will once again mark the occasion of World Diabetes Day on 14 November 2011, with a month of activities to help raise awareness of this disease and the important role nutrition plays in helping to control it. As part of these activities, it is launching an online virtual store tour led by dietician, Maryke van Zyl, to help diabetics and their families learn more about making better food choices. 8 Nov 2011 10:22
New kitchen for Lula Isandla
Sony Ericsson joined Lula Isandla 'Reach Out' charity in Mpophomeni to officially open their brand new kitchen. Lula Isandla aims to support and feed children who have been left without parents due to HIV/AIDS, alcohol and drug addiction or basic abandonment every day. 7 Nov 2011 12:27
South Africans double international enterprise entries
Entries for the 2012 Rolex Awards for Enterprise have increased to 3512 applications, which represents the highest number of projects submitted since the international philanthropy programme was established in 1976. These awards honour and support pioneering individuals whose projects benefit their communities and the wider world. 2 Nov 2011 10:03
Wall of Hope opens at Melrose Arch
An interactive art installation, entitled Wall of Hope, was opened at the Melrose Arch Piazza, Johannesburg on 25 October 2011 to draw attention to the cause of child hunger. This KFC Add Hope initiative encourages public participation in reaching its target for this year's October World Hunger relief month of enough money to provide a million meals in the coming year. 27 Oct 2011 10:11
[Sustainability media seminar]: Can SA drift towards a green economy?
[Issa Sikiti da Silva: @sikitimedia] South Africa, Africa's economic powerhouse and the world's 11th greenhouse gas (GHG) emitter, will have to restructure its economy away from capital and energy-intensive growth and strive to shift it towards the green line due to severe implications of climate change, Nedbank chief economist Dennis Dykes said last week in Sandton, Johannesburg, while addressing a media seminar on sustainability. 26 Oct 2011 12:18

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