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Shan Radcliffe
#WomensMonth: Candice Stevens - where finance meets passion for conservation

Candice Stevens, founder and CEO of the Sustainable Finance Coalition
Candice Stevens, founder and CEO of the Sustainable Finance Coalition
[Shan Radcliffe] While a career in conservation doesn't seem the most natural progression for a tax attorney, it's a move that sets Candice Stevens apart from the rest...

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Graeme Palmer
Keep donors happy by ensuring section 18A receipts are compliant

Image source: Nataliya Vaitkevich from
Image source: Nataliya Vaitkevich from Pexels
[Graeme Palmer] Public benefit organisations that carry out certain qualifying public benefit activities may register with the Sars under section 18A of the Income Tax Act. A PBO registered under section 18A must issue a receipt to any person making a donation in cash or property in kind...

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Sindy Peters
2022 Lesedi Award winner Faeeza Marshman on what drives her giving spirit

2022 Lesedi Award winner Faeeza Marshman on what drives her giving spirit
[Sindy Peters] Faeeza Marshman's vision is to drive positive change in society and create a safe and secure community...

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Sindy Peters
MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet turns 25, celebrates almost R1bn in funds raised

MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet turns 25, celebrates almost R1bn in funds raised
[Sindy Peters] Established by parents in 1997 as a means to help schools sustainably raise funds, Woolies became the programme's anchor partner two years later...

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Johannes Masiteng
Gaming for good: How GivenGain helps gamers give back

Gaming for good: How GivenGain helps gamers give back
[Johannes Masiteng] GivenGain's Jannie Smith tells us more about their #GameForGood initiative, which enables gamers to give back to their favourite charities...

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Johannes Masiteng
In conversation with multiple global award-winning humanitarian, Dr Shamila Ramjawan

In conversation with multiple global award-winning humanitarian, Dr Shamila Ramjawan
[Johannes Masiteng] Bizcommunity caught up with multiple global award-winning humanitarian, Dr Shamila Ramjawan, to find out more about her career, philanthropic work and accomplishments...

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Andy du Plessis
Those with nothing have nothing to lose

Those with nothing have nothing to lose
[Andy du Plessis] Inequality, poverty and unemployment provide fertile ground for looting and lawlessness, writes FoodForward SA managing director, Andy du Plessis...

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Johannes Masiteng
Johannes Masiteng
See: Dis-Chem Foundation donates 5,200 blankets to charities

The Dis-Chem Foundation has donated 5,200 blankets to 33 organisations nominated by Dis-Chem's Facebook followers and Dis-Chem Pharmacy staff. This initiative has been running for five years and this year, the organisations range from old age homes to children's homes and animal shelters.

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Sindy Peters
#ConsciousLiving: How Palesa Pads is helping SA's girls stay in school

#ConsciousLiving: How Palesa Pads is helping SA's girls stay in school
[Sindy Peters] WATCH: To date, Palesa Pads has helped over 5,000 girls access affordable, eco-friendly reusable sanitary pads so they don't have to miss a day of school while on their period...

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Juanita Pienaar
#WomensMonth: Nation Builder's Keri-Leigh Paschal; 'We need supportive men to walk alongside us'

Keri-Leigh Paschal, executive trustee of social impact organisation Nation Builder.
Keri-Leigh Paschal, executive trustee of social impact organisation Nation Builder.
[Juanita Pienaar] Keri-Leigh Paschal, executive trustee of social impact organisation Nation Builder, shares what drives her passion for social impact development and how she thinks that even though we are consciously looking to support one another as women, we need supportive men to walk alongside us...

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Sindy Peters
Sindy Peters
67,000 meals for Mandela Day

"No words can do justice to the experience, says founder Michelle Korevaar. "It took weeks of preparation and significant support from the business sector, as well as good will and active citizenship from the community to make it possible."All in all 61 volunteers unpacked, packed and allocated over 15 tons of fresh produce into stacks, ready for the leaders on the ground from NPOs and feeding schemes to come collect.

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Sindy Peters
#BizUnity: Goedgedacht pivots to allay Covid-19 pressure in Swartland

#BizUnity: Goedgedacht pivots to allay Covid-19 pressure in Swartland
[Sindy Peters] Results from the recently released National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) - Coronavirus Rapid Mobile (NIDS-CRAM) Survey reveal an exploding hunger crisis in South Africa...

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Sindy Peters
#BizUnity: How tending a food garden lends to greater food security

#BizUnity: How tending a food garden lends to greater food security
[Sindy Peters] The MAMAS Alliance CSI Agency, together with Food and Trees for Africa (FTFA), are embracing the well-known "Give a man a fish" proverb, connecting corporates with grassroots NGOs to start or strengthen community market gardens...

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Sindy Peters
#BizUnity: Can your business help make the Tekkie Tax circle bigger?

#BizUnity: Can your business help make the Tekkie Tax circle bigger?
[Sindy Peters] Now, more than ever, business SA is needed to lend a heroic hand...

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Ilse van den Berg
#UnsungHeroes: Dipuo Ngxata of Mosaic SA

#UnsungHeroes: Dipuo Ngxata of Mosaic SA
[Ilse Burger] It's estimated that in 2018 there were 2.7 million children orphaned in South Africa, most of them living in abject poverty with no care, love or hope for a better future...

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Sindy Peters
#LockdownLessons: 'Dine in. Do good!' with local NGO StreetSmart

#LockdownLessons: 'Dine in. Do good!' with local NGO StreetSmart
[Sindy Peters] Melanie Burke, chairman of StreetSmart South Africa, shares her lockdown lessons and how StreetSmart is navigating the lockdown in stages by keeping hope alive and preparing for the new normal...

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Ilse van den Berg
#UnsungHeroes: Luke Müller of HopeTown

#UnsungHeroes: Luke Müller of HopeTown
[Ilse Burger] Luke Müller leads HopeTown's surf therapy sessions which includes beach lessons, mentoring, and training upcoming leaders...

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Ilse van den Berg
#UnsungHeroes: Karin Schermbrucker of Slingshot Media

#UnsungHeroes: Karin Schermbrucker of Slingshot Media
[Ilse Burger] "For too long people have been concerned with what we do, as if that can explain who we are. I am a wife, a mother, a storyteller, a light chaser, and a lover of people. My camera is hopefully an extension of who I am," says Karin Schermbrucker...

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Sindy Peters
#LockdownLessons: Pandemic reminding us of importance of ubuntu, responsible kindness

#LockdownLessons: Pandemic reminding us of importance of ubuntu, responsible kindness
[Sindy Peters] Thandazile Precious Nala, marketing manager at Afrika Tikkun, shares her experience of the current Covid-19 crisis and how her organisation is navigating these unusual times...

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Sindy Peters
#LockdownLessons: Aim for survival, look after one another - Lisa Ilingworth, Futureproof SA

#LockdownLessons: Aim for survival, look after one another - Lisa Ilingworth, Futureproof SA
[Sindy Peters] Lisa Ilingworth, CEO and co-founder of Futureproof SA, shares her experience of the current Covid-19 crisis and how her organisation is navigating these unusual times...

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