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KZN co-op wins SAB prize

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:19:00 +0200

The R100 000 prize in the 2009 South African Breweries (SAB) KickStart Entrepreneurial Development Programme competition has been won by a KwaZulu-Natal co-op.
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Legacy Pride uses toys, games to curb crime

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:47:00 +0200

The Legacy Group has launched its social responsibility initiative, Legacy Pride as an anti-crime initiative to encourage all South Africans to unite and act against crime. The concept has two components - plush toy animals and a board game.
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R2 million for HIV clinic

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:31:00 +0200

Standard Bank has assisted the Durban Christian Centre by contributing R2 million this week towards its peer education training and the development of the HIV/AIDS enhancement management programme.
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Standard Bank sponsors pan-African football

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:35:00 +0200

Bank enters into long-term agreement to sponsor Africa's beautiful game.
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Add your Foozi message of cheer for orphaned children

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:56:00 +0200

Foozi is designing and donating a fully branded foosball table to a children's home in Durban, just in time for Christmas. The design will feature 400 personalised messages, photographs and designs from Foozi fans all around the world.
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Sasol joins recycling in forecourts

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:33:00 +0200

Sasol is to establish recycling areas at its forecourts, with the pilot starting in Gauteng at Sasol Ferndale and a national rollout over a period of 12-18 months thereafter. The project is in partnership with Petco, a company established with the specific objective of promoting and improving waste management and recycling.
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Green event raises a glass to green wine

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:08:00 +0200

The inaugural Nedbank Green Wine Awards, announced on Wednesday 11 November 2009, continued the green theme into the awards event.
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NDA, lottery highly inefficient in disbursing funds

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:32:00 +0200

"South African domestic agencies for non-governmental funding, like the National Development Agency and the National Lotteries, have been criticised as highly inefficient, staffed by poorly-trained and under-qualified workers, and overly bureaucratic in their decision-making,” stated Gara LaMarche, president and chief executive of Atlantic Philanthropies, one of the largest foundations in the world.
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You Can Count On Me Conference held at Emperors Palace

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:47:00 +0200

Hundreds of men converged on Emperors Palace last week for an extraordinary event - a gathering of men who are the pebbles causing ripples in their communities by saying, “You Can Count On Me..."
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A deserving dozen at Inyathelo Philanthropy Awards

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:04:00 +0200

"The Inyathelo Philanthropy Awards give South Africans the chance to thank those people who have and are making a difference," says Gillian Mitchell, manager of Inyathelo's Philanthropy Programme at the occasion of the 2009 awards held in Cape Town on Tuesday 3 November 2009.
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