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As part of its CSI, the GrandWest Casino and Entertainment World embarked on a school stationery project for disadvantaged learners at the Easter Peak Primary School in Manenberg. Learners were presented with their new stationery as the new academic year began arming the Easter Peak learners with their required tools to take on some learning.

Vodacom has pledged its support to the Gift of Vision programme along with the Western Cape health department and the Health Foundation. As part of the programme, underprivileged learners (between grades R and 7) in Paarl are able to have their eyes tested and receive a free pair of prescription glasses as the network purchased 369 pairs of glasses worth R80,000.

Marking the end to a public CSI drive to help a child “Share in the Magic” of the festive season, the Cresta Shopping Centre donated 874 Mickey and Minnie Mouse plush toys to the SOS Children's Village at an event held in Ennerdale, Gauteng. An additional R21,796 was also donated to the centre, who, in collaboration with The Walt Disney Company Africa, kicked off the initiative on 1 December 2016....

Silverstar Casino took the Angela Day Care and Ikageng Day Community Home Based Care to a special Christmas lunch held at the Spur in Ruimsig in December, last year.

GWM South Africa visited several charities on a two-day-long charity drive in Johannesburg in December. The media and celebrities tested out the GVM SUV-style M4 and Steed 5E bakkie while spreading cheer at the Princess Alice Adoption Home, Growing Champions, Kitty and Puppy Haven, Lighthouse Baby Shelter, CHOC and Cradle of Hope.

The social economic development department of GrandWest Casino and Entertainment World held the Santa's Workshop Party at GrandWest's Sun Exhibits for underprivileged children from various charities. GrandWest also hosted a Santa Shoebox Project event at which 240 boxes were packed.

The Wavescape Festival in Cape Town, an ocean-minded event, included film screenings, art exhibitions, ocean talks, filmmaking workshops and a charity auction. A record R328,000 was raised and will be making its way to four important ocean causes.

FutureMe held their first World of Work (WoW) festival on 25 November at Christel House School in Cape Town. The social enterprise, aimed at addressing the youth unemployment crisis in South Africa, introduced the festival as an interactive event for learners and employers to gain first-hand exposure to a vast array of careers and employers.

The United Nations awarded six global environmental leaders with the Champions of the Earth award at a global biological diversity conference which was held in Cancún, Mexico. The award acknowledges figures from the public and private sectors as well as those from civil society who have had a significant and positive impact on the environment.

On 12 November, The Great Pillow Fight took place at the College of Cape Town, Crawford Campus in Athlone.

On 3 November, the official handover of the Conlog (Pty) Ltd's investment of a state of the art science laboratory took place at Asibemunye High School in Howick, Kwazulu-Natal.

The Men's Foundation held two 'shave-offs' in Durban to officially mark the start of Movember in South Africa. For more than a decade and in 21 countries, men have been growing out their facial hair to raise awareness and funds for men's health during the month of November.

On Friday, 28 October, the St Cyprian's School and Personal Trust hosted their fundraising Golf Day event at King David Mowbray Golf Club. The event saw sponsors, golfers and members of the school community enjoy a fun-filled golfing and prize-giving day.

Call 2 Care, a non-profit volunteer organisation, hosted their monthly Pain& Sip event in Loop Street, Cape Town on 7 October.

In March 2016, Beauty Without Cruelty called for the end of hen suffering by committing to a petition for a cage-free policy to be adopted by Mcdonalds SA. United Front 4 Animals (UFA), OWL, South African Faith Communities' Environment Institute (SAFCEI) and Animal Voice, the official South African representative of Compassion in World Farming, added their voices to the campaign. The Mcdonalds franchises based in the US and Canada have already begun to phase out battery-cage use in their supply chain enterprises which have been beneficial to the hens that produce eggs for their consumers. Mcdonalds SA is yet to adopt this policy....