According to the United Nations, South Africa's rural population, currently at just over 33%, will decline to 20% of the total population by 2050. While this seems like a step in the right direction, says FoodForward SA MD Andy du Plessis, even more people moving to already saturated urban areas with limited job opportunities will have a negative impact on vulnerable rural communities too.
3 days ago
Jeffreys Bay Wind Farm has funded the manufacture and distribution of 5,000 Covid-19 masks for learners and staff at local schools and early childhood development (ECD) centres...
16 Sep 2020
Marketers will have to have a granular understanding of where their target consumers are and whether their marketing investment is effective. Marketing strategies will need to be adapted to accommodate emerging trends and customer demands in the aftermath of the pandemic...
Issued by Ask Afrika 15 Sep 2020
Rosemary Mokoena, teacher training and development manager of the Nokuphila Teacher Training Academy, emphasises the importance of having well-trained and certified ECD teachers...
10 Sep 2020
The University of the Western Cape's Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) hosted a webinar entitled Techpreneurship: Is this a viable option for your future?
Charleen Duncan 10 Sep 2020
South Africans are paying a high price for the prolonged lockdown and consequent devastation of the local economy with levels of emotional distress nearly as high as at the start of the lockdown five months ago...
Andrea Rademeyer, Issued by Ask Afrika 3 Sep 2020
According to the National Income Dynamic Study's (NIDS-CRAM) Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey, 2 million women were left unemployed in South Africa between February and April this year...
28 Aug 2020
A "Thought Lab Webinar" was held on 9 July on the value of youth development to society and the challenges programmes may experience in the present economic situation because of the coronavirus pandemic...
Issued by Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation 26 Aug 2020
Ask Afrika's weekly Covid-19 Tracker study reveals very similar findings to TransUnion's Consumer Financial Hardship report, revealing constrained household budgets, which impacts many SMMEs...
Lynette Dicey, Issued by Ask Afrika 25 Aug 2020
Builders marks its entry into East Africa with the opening of its first physical store in Nairobi, Kenya and the launch of a dedicated Kenyan online retail platform.
18 Aug 2020
The current economic downturn brought by the impact of Covid-19 has not only changed the way companies do business but has renewed focus on the role of small and medium enterprises (SMME) as a catalyst for growth and job creation...
Issued by TSIBA 14 Aug 2020
In August, Covid-19 infections in South Africa surpassed the half-a-million mark, leaving the economy devastated. The economic impact of the lockdown will linger even once the health threat associated with the virus has passed...
Dr Amelia Richards & Sithokozile Dubazane, Issued by Ask Afrika 13 Aug 2020
Mandela Month was celebrated differently this year by many South Africans, and globally. The constraints of a Covid-19-reality have meant that people could not go out into vulnerable communities to make a positive difference...
Issued by Havas Johannesburg 12 Aug 2020
If there is a silver lining in the dark cloud that is Covid-19, it's the unity that has arisen amongst government, businesses, communities and individuals working towards the same goal...
Miles Dally 7 Aug 2020
Ask Afrika's Covid-19 socio-economic research shows levels of distress not abating...
Bernice Joubert and Mariette Croukamp, Issued by Ask Afrika 28 Jul 2020
Adopt-a-School Foundation is running a collective campaign throughout July and August which encourages corporates and individuals to unite and support learners affected by the Covid-19 pandemic...
Issued by Adopt-a-School 24 Jul 2020
Basic Education Minster Angie Motshekga says government is putting the final touches on the coding and robotics curriculum developed for Grades R-9, which is due for completion by the end of July...
23 Jul 2020
A total of 35 tonnes of food, essential household items, sanitisers and masks - equivalent to 1,800 care parcels - were delivered to more than 3,800 orphaned and vulnerable children and their caregivers in Ga-Dikgale to coincide with #MandelaDay2020...
Issued by FCB Joburg 22 Jul 2020
The Covid-19 induced lockdown and the need for social distancing have prompted a review of approach in training Early Childhood Development (ECD) practitioners to include greater use of digital platforms.
21 Jul 2020
Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, food redistribution charity FoodForward SA has successfully distributed more than 4,000 tonnes of food to vulnerable communities...
20 Jul 2020
Faces masks and coverings are now mandatory in South Africa, however, according to the new regulations, schools should not turn away learners for not wearing them...
14 Jul 2020
Government has taken a harder stance regarding lockdown regulations, as can be seen by Sunday's announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa, of the reintroduction of the ban on alcohol as well as the nightly curfew...
14 Jul 2020
The main aim of the Ask Afrika Covid-19 Tracker study is to understand the socio-economic impact that the coronavirus, lockdown and gradual re-opening of the economy has on South Africans...
Issued by Ask Afrika 14 Jul 2020
As part of the KZN Maskathon initiative, FNB and RMB are facilitating the donation of masks to 80,000 families from vulnerable communities of the province...
8 Jul 2020
The City of Cape Town has added 11 new property categories, implemented from 1 July 2020, for rates relief...
8 Jul 2020
The Department of Social Development says it has noted the High Court ruling on Monday that all private preschools and Early Childhood Development centres (ECD) may open with immediate effect, provided they maintain safety measures...
7 Jul 2020
Amongst other themes, the Ask Afrika Covid-19 tracker assesses the trust levels of South Africans in political leaders. In week 13, results show that Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga's trust levels are at 48%, lower than others in the core group of Covid-19 ministers measured...
Mariette Croukamp and Bernice Joubert, Issued by Ask Afrika 7 Jul 2020
Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu has urged operators of ECD centres and partial care facilities across the country to complete the online self-assessment exercise before reopening...
6 Jul 2020
The Ask Afrika Covid-19 tracker interviewed a representative sample of 4,898 South Africans for the past 11 weeks, tracking the socio-economic impact of the virus, the lockdown and gradual re-opening of the economy...
Dr Amelia Richards and Micaela Mooloo, Issued by Ask Afrika 6 Jul 2020
In the 2019 Saica Nation Building Impact Report, Saica CEO Freeman Nomvalo says: "As Saica celebrates its fortieth anniversary this year, we remain committed to our higher purpose of building a better world and illustrating the integral role our noble profession plays in securing the future of our country..."
Lia Labuschagne, Issued by SAICA 30 Jun 2020
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni says the National Treasury has set aside R100-billion to support government's response to job creation...
25 Jun 2020
Schools will reopen on 1 June 2020 with Grade 7 and Grade 12 learners returning to the classroom, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said on Tuesday...
20 May 2020
Zakheni Ngubo, founder and CEO at Syafunda, shares his experience of the current Covid-19 crisis and how his organisation is navigating these unusual times...
Sindy Peters 8 May 2020
Many South Africans are eager to support NPOs that are making a positive difference during the coronavirus pandemic...
24 Apr 2020
Our beloved Tata Madiba said that, "History will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of children." Perhaps just pause and read that again...
Ilse van den Berg 22 Apr 2020
The educational programme is scheduled to start on Thursday, 9 April and will broadcast across three SABC TV channels and 13 radio stations, with online support...
8 Apr 2020
DStv Now is the online version of DStv, free to DStv subscribers. There's also a version of DStv Now available to non-subscribers, which is proving increasingly popular during the Covid-19 lockdown...
Issued by MultiChoice Connected Video 6 Apr 2020
This year, 17 non-profit organisations and local authorities in South Africa, Eswatini, and Lesotho will receive support from the Embassy of Japan in South Africa's Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects Programme (GGP) 2020...
11 Mar 2020
Join more than 400 corporate, non-profit, government and academic delegates for a dynamic exchange of ideas on how to enhance responsible business efforts to create meaningful impact in development...
Issued by Trialogue 5 Mar 2020
Government expenditure on learning will in three years reach R434.2 billion, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has revealed...
27 Feb 2020
In collaboration with AfrikaBurn and the Ilukuluku Collective, London-based artists Morag Myerscough and Luke Morgan will build an interactive superstructure at the 2020 AfrikaBurn in Tankwa, Karoo...
25 Feb 2020
"The devastating drought in the Eastern Cape is having a dire impact on the farming community, and they need every bit of support that we can muster,."
21 Feb 2020
Children are naturally wired with a desire to play - where adults might see a simple cardboard box, a child envisions an exciting new fantasy world where anything is possible...
Kristian Imhof 20 Feb 2020
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says the department will table a bill this year that will make two schooling years before Grade 1 compulsory...
19 Feb 2020
Over the last five years, TFG Foundation in partnership with TFG brands invested around R17.2m across various education initiatives, impacting over 500,000 lives...
Issued by TFG (The Foschini Group) 4 Feb 2020
Four vocational qualifications are fast emerging as the most popular courses for distance learning students this year...
23 Jan 2020
Recently, Stephen Koseff, former CEO of Investec Group, tackled the tricky conversation around the national unemployment problem, currently sitting at a staggering 29%...
Issued by SAICA 8 Jan 2020
Parents of young children will remember the Hatchimal frenzy of 2016, when a cute chick that hatches by itself took the toy market by storm during the holiday season...
Louis-Etienne Dubois, David Gauntlett and Lorena Escandon 19 Dec 2019
Over the past 26 years, the Diepsloot Preschools Project (DPP) has developed more than 30 preschools - mainly in Diepsloot and the surrounding areas...
19 Dec 2019
In his state of the nation speech in 2019, President Ramaphosa pledged to ensure that within the next five years, every 10-year-old child would be able to read for meaning. I applaud this vision, but realise it's not without its challenges and government cannot do this alone...
josephine buys 17 Dec 2019