The Gauteng Department of Social Development (DSD) says it is working to remedy delays in payment of non-profit organisations registered for subsidies...
Nedbank Private Wealth this year held a once-off initiative to recognise innovation and resilience demonstrated by local non-profit organisations during Covid-19...
Justice startups looking for an opportunity to take their business to new heights have until 30 April 2021 to enter the Innovating Justice Challenge...
While the Covid-19 pandemic has pushed many non-profit organisations to the brink of survival, it has also, however, resulted in a renewed focus on good governance...
The Covid-19 pandemic had a significant impact in 2020 on South Africa's schooling system...
Steven Lebere, Issued by Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation 16 Apr 2021
Research by the CAFSA has revealed that some NPOs, while rendering critical services, don't have the compliance resources or expertise to be deemed grant ready...
The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL) is calling on all game-changing justice startups that want to grow their social impact and business...
The Department of Social Development has urged ECD service organisations to update their information for the ECD Employment Stimulus Relief Fund (ECD-ESRF) by Saturday...
Nation Builder plans to launch a free standardised impact management reporting guideline with the aim of helping non-profit organisations (NPOs) and social investors align better and measure the impact of their efforts and investments more effectively...
When asked what the reality on the ground is for NPOs after a year of Covid-19 and lockdowns of all levels, CSI group manager for Momentum Metropolitan...
How can you prepare your company to be investment and due-diligence ready from the very beginning? To get the answer, join the launch of the Setup a Startup Investment Readiness Programme. A digital platform that connects entrepreneurs, mentors, and investors...
Issued by Setup a Startup 23 Feb 2021
Two South African non-profit organisations (NPOs) stand the chance to win a share of R1m for showing how they innovated and used technology...
Covid-19 has been disruptive to non-profit organisations that are, in many cases, already operating on a shoestring...
Brent McKnight and Julie Gouweloos 1 Feb 2021
According to a Trialogue survey, carried out for its 23rd annual Trialogue Business in Society Handbook, three-quarters of participating large companies had an employee volunteering programme...
As an important contributor of skills and research to the non-profit, higher education and philanthropy sectors, Inyathelo shares trends towards ensuring NPO sustainability in 2021...
Nazeema Mohamed, Feryal Domingo and Soraya Joonas 8 Jan 2021
In partnership with Apodytes and Unicef South Africa, Africa Teen Geeks is running a free holiday coding and robotics classes from 4 to 22 January 2021. Classes will be conducted virtually in Zoom, the Ms Zora platform and YouTube...
Issued by Africa Teen Geeks 4 Jan 2021
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (FMCSA) has dedicated extensive resources to assist communities and humanitarian organisations involved in helping the most vulnerable members of our society...
Issued by YFM 99.2 14 Dec 2020
Prof Hayley Walker-Williams, the deputy director of the School of Psychosocial Health at the North-West University (NWU), gives insight into why GBV victims find it hard to leave these relationships and what can be done to help them...
Issued by North-West University (NWU) 27 Nov 2020
According to CSI consultancy Trialogue, South African companies spent an estimated R10.7bn on corporate social investment (CSI) in the 2020 financial year...
There is no easy Covid-19 pivoting for not-for-profit organisations (NPOs), which are facing enormous financial, human resources and technology issues...
Nazeema Mohamed 16 Nov 2020
All organisations (businesses, companies, non-profit organisations and more) have been dealt a tough blow this year. None of us expected what 2020 had in store for us, but we all adapted (or didn't) differently...
Brian Eagar, Issued by MANGO-OMC 2 Nov 2020
In 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic changed the global landscape into alien territory. On 26 March 2020, South Africa initiated lockdown and the last six months have created both opportunities and challenges for NGOs in South Africa...
Issued by MANGO-OMC 2 Nov 2020
Five girls from Parklands College have brought to life an app that serves as a global directory of NPOs. Here's how and why it was created...
Safcei has joined a global cage-free campaign launched against Restaurant Brands International, the owner of fast food brands Burger King and Popeyes...
None of us expected what 2020 had in store for us, but we all adapted (or didn't) differently. At the same time, the new normal has meant different things for different people and for different organisations...
Brian Eagar 28 Oct 2020
PayProp has joined other global Humanstate-owned businesses in the One World Zero Barriers Challenge...
Primary school mathematics education and youth employment programme JumpStart has been awarded the MTN Award for Social Change...
Naked Insurance recently donated about R250,000 to six NPOs. Here's how the funds will be used by each social cause...
When the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic swept across the globe at the beginning of 2020, it highlighted the plight of many of the more vulnerable communities. Sappi Southern Africa stepped in and donated scarce and essential items to assist and provide some relief in these difficult times...
Issued by Sappi 6 Oct 2020
Tshikululu Social Investments, one the country's leading social investment fund management and advisory firm, has undertaken a survey of over 170 NPOs around South Africa to assess the effect that Covid-19 has had on this crucial sector...
On 10 September 2020, responsible business consultancy Trialogue hosted a webinar on how M&E has adapted during the crisis and what lessons have emerged for funders, NPOs and other stakeholders...
Issued by Trialogue 22 Sep 2020
KwaZulu-Natal Social Development MEC Nonhlanhla Khoza has instituted a formal investigation into the alleged failure of non-profit organisations (NPOs) to deliver social relief of distress (SRD) to communities around the province.
Established by The Mergon Group in March 2020 to help South Africa's beleaguered non-profit organisations (NPOs), the Gap Fund has already raised more than R7m from private funders...
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
Dr Nadine Lake is a lecturer and Programme Director of the Gender Studies programme in the Centre for Gender and Africa Studies...
Dr Nadine Lake, Issued by University of the Free State 25 Aug 2020
Tinyiko Mageza talks us through her serendipitous career journey, the women who have shaped her growth, and how the V&A aims to drive meaningful impact while adapting to the pandemic...
Lauren Hartzenberg 24 Aug 2020
Africa's first virtual communication and collaboration platform conceived and developed by Africans has been launched in South Africa...
Initiated and led by Inyathelo, the #KeepConnecting campaign was launched on Thursday, 13 August, to help raise funds that will be used to buy data vouchers for eligible NPOs...
With over 18 years of experience in strategic and operational marketing, sales and business development roles within big pharma, mid-sized pharma, biotech, startups and non-profit organisations, Sandra Orta is passionate about contributing to a better world...
Evan-Lee Courie 12 Aug 2020
As part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, passed by the US Congress in March, people who do not usually itemise deductions for their taxes can claim a deduction for charitable donations in the 2020/2021 financial year...
The South African technical production and live events industry has embarked on the #LightSAred campaign, which is set to take place on 5 August 2020, to address the effects that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on the industry...
Part one of Afrika Tikkun's three-part webinar series, themed 'Global philanthropy, technology and the quest for equality', addressed how global philanthropy, improved technology and transformation can help...
Non-profit organisations have a chance to win their share of R1m in the MTN Awards for Social Change, which rewards good monitoring and evaluation (M&E) practice in the NPO sector...
Issued by Trialogue 20 Jul 2020
Results from the recently released National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) - Coronavirus Rapid Mobile (NIDS-CRAM) Survey reveal an exploding hunger crisis in South Africa...
Sindy Peters 17 Jul 2020
Keri-Leigh Paschal, executive trustee of Nation Builder, unpacks some of the ways we can volunteer and make a difference on Mandela Day...
Keri-Leigh Paschal, Issued by Nation Builder 15 Jul 2020
As part of its Mandela Day initiative, tech-enabled, non-profit organisation ChangeMakersHub is inviting 30 businesses to donate R5,000 each...
The City of Cape Town has added 11 new property categories, implemented from 1 July 2020, for rates relief...
Financial leaders are at a tipping point. The choices they are making today will become the bedrock of the industry for years to come...
Olga Arara-Kimani 6 Jul 2020
Now, more than ever, business SA is needed to lend a heroic hand...
Sindy Peters 1 Jul 2020
Design that incorporates empathy and compassion has been gaining momentum for a number of years, with the focus of design increasingly shifting towards solving social issues...