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Pick n Pay has given food hampers to vulnerable schoolchildren during the lockdown as part of its Feed the Nation campaign. A total of 15,316 hampers have been donated that equates to 1.7 million meals. The hampers included fresh vegetables, rice, maize meal, baked beans, oil, pilchards, sugar beans and milk powder. One-hundred-and-two schools across eight provinces have been assisted to date. The schoolchildren are identified through the retailer's Pick n Pay School Club....

A South African National Parks (SANParks) initiative led by SANParks CEO Fundisile Mketeni distributed food parcels and water tanks to vulnerable communities bordering Marakele National Park in Limpopo.

Hostex 2020 was a hospitality industry expo that took place in early March at Sandton Convention Centre. It gathered over 5000 visitors to connect with more than 200 producers, manufacturers and distributors of hospitality-related products and services.

Blood & Water is a South African teen drama series that will premiere on Netflix on 20 May. The entertainment service gathered five talented young local photographers Neo Baepi, Jonathan Ferreira, Lindsey Appolis, Tegan Smith and Mosa Hlope to capture a range of behind the scenes imagery of the cast and crew.

The Women of Excellence business leadership event took place at the Alfajiri Hub at Johannesburg's Maboneng precinct on 18 March, despite coronavirus (Covid-19) concerns. The speaker panel at the event included Alesimo Mwanga from Youth Entrepreneurship Exchange Program (YEEP) Africa, OYA co-founder, Rehema Isa, and the United Nations Women South Africa program associate, Thobela Gceya. The panellists discussed, among others, topics on how to develop action plans, recognise strengths and weaknesses, as well as general business, lifestyle and relationship issues. Here are the highlights from the Women of Excellence business leadership event:...

The second annual Beauty Revolution Festival took place at the Sandton Convention Centre from Friday, 13 March to Saturday, 14 March. The festival attracted some of South Africa's top influencers, media and content creators and provided guests with an opportunity to shop some of the world's biggest brands in beauty, lifestyle and personal care.

Global network for women in advertising and creative industries, SheSays, held its first Cape Town event of 2020 on 10 March. SheSays Cape Town co-director Anelde Greeff moderated the panel, which included head of marketing and communications at Zeitz Mocaa Annicia Manyaapelo, CEO of RushTush Rushda Moosajee and media consultant and author Vanessa Raphaely. The panellists shared ideas and stories on reinvention, handling failure, and staying motivated, creative and innovative.

Members of the Entrepreneurs' Organisation (EO) and their friends and families took part in a special spekboom tree planting ceremony at the site of the Great Labyrinth near Klapmuts on 7 March. Proceedings began with a word from premier Alan Winde. President of EO Cape Town, Waheed Adam, says: "It is our responsibility as business leaders and good citizens to be mindful of our carbon footprint. As an organisation, we've embarked on a campaign to raise awareness about climate change and inspire local entrepreneurs, business leaders and citizens to help reduce our nation's carbon emissions."...

Chappies has a new limited-edition flavour called Chappies Cola. A launch event was held to celebrate the new flavour. Chappies SA commissioned Josias Mpyana, also known as The Chappies Artist, to create an art piece that expresses the joy he gets from blowing bubbles of Chappies Cola. The new flavour is available at select wholesalers, taxi ranks and spaza shops nationwide.

The KwaZulu-Natal provincial government, in partnership with Mastercard, hosted the Forbes Woman Africa Leading Women Summit at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli ICC Complex in Durban on Friday, 6 March 2020. This year's summit was themed 'The Ceiling Crashers 2.0: Power with Purpose' and attracted over 40 leading women to its high-impact speaking programme. Here are the highlights from the summit:.

South African designers shined at the #REDExperiment 2.0 awards ceremony hosted by the Radisson RED Hotel V&A Waterfront, Cape Town last week. The design competition started accepting entries from early February and entrants were given a chance to design the hotel's new staff uniform - a T-shirt, a cap and a long-sleeve jacket. The winning designers for each of the three categories were awarded R10,000 and their designs will go into production this month....

The 2020 edition of the Design Indaba took place at the Artscape Theatre Centre in Cape Town from 26 to 28 February 2020. Thousands of creatives, emerging creatives, design experts, speakers and delegates gathered to inspire and empower each other to create a better future through design and creativity. Here are the highlights of this year's Design Indaba.

Ultra South Africa, featuring Steve Aoki, DJ Snake Afrojack, Black Coffee, Sho Madjozi, Euphonik and more, took place at the Ostrich Farm in Cape Town on 28 February 2020 and the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg on 29 February.