The Covid-19 pandemic has aggravated food insecurity in the most vulnerable communities within our society, says Londiwe Mkhize, Hollard's Group Head of Corporate Affairs...
Issued by Hollard 14 hours ago
Recently, our country's leaders and medical representatives have publicly debated the effect of the lockdown on the malnutrition rates of our most vulnerable populations...
1 day ago
In the face of severe socio-economic realities, what can organisations do to protect and empower our vulnerable communities?
22 May 2020
Mmusi Maimane, the chief activist of 'One South Africa' Movement (OSA), recently launched its digital platform to connect and engage with South Africans through these unprecedented times...
Evan-Lee Courie 21 May 2020
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.
20 May 2020
GIS mapping technology has been key to limiting the spread of Covid-19 in South Africa by providing access to real-time information and ensuring that vulnerable communities stay safe...
18 May 2020
Amina Rai, regional communication officer for the UNHCR Private Sector Partnerships Africa, shares her experience of the current Covid-19 crisis and how her organisation is navigating these unusual times...
Sindy Peters 18 May 2020
Geo mapping technology has proved its worth in managing the spread of Covid-19, by providing access to real time information, especially in South Africa's densely populated communities...
13 May 2020
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...
Sindy Peters 13 May 2020
Kia Motors South Africa, a subsidiary of Motus Corporation, this week donated three Kia K2700 light commercial vehicles and three Kia Picanto STARTs to SANZAF to assist the organisation in delivering food and other welfare support services to vulnerable communities during the Covid-19 Lockdown...
Issued by Kia Motors South Africa 8 May 2020
Over the Covid-19 lockdown period, most organisations have been using the time to align on their plans. However, AECI has already implemented its first round, measured the impact and identified even more areas for investment...
Sarika Modi, Issued by Triple Eight 8 May 2020
Without urgent funding, the Covid-19 crisis could see a collapse of the sector in Africa, taking with it millions of jobs...
7 May 2020
Travel writer and earth advocate Dawn Jorgensen shares her #LockdownLessons and predictions on how travel will shift to a more authentic, climate-friendly and sustainable focus post Covid-19...
Ruth Cooper 29 Apr 2020
Kate Roper, client director, health and education at Aurecon, shares her experience of the current Covid-19 crisis and how her organisation is navigating these unusual times...
Sindy Peters 24 Apr 2020
PepsiCo South Africa has announced a R12m initiative to provide meals to vulnerable South Africans during the Covid-19 crisis...
23 Apr 2020
South African NGO Afrika Tikkun has launched its #FaceUpToCovid19 campaign, providing cloth face masks to some of the country's most vulnerable citizens...
23 Apr 2020
Woolworths has announced a commitment of over R34m to support a variety of initiatives to meet the challenges of the Covid-19 crisis in South Africa...
22 Apr 2020
L'Oréal South Africa has started producing hand sanitisers under its beauty brand Garnier...
22 Apr 2020
Right now, there are currently around 2.5 billion people around the world in some form of a Covid-19 lockdown, and millions more businesses are also shuttered and unable to trade or generate an income...
22 Apr 2020
Food security for vulnerable families in the lockdown calls for coordinated action...
22 Apr 2020
In an effort to provide some relief during the Covid-19 coronavirus global pandemic, Sappi Southern Africa has made available several donations of scarce items, such as hand sanitiser, face masks, nutritional porridge and paper products...
Issued by Sappi 20 Apr 2020
Alex Mall in Alexandra, Gauteng will be the pilot project for the distribution of masks to the community...
20 Apr 2020
The Massmart board and executive committee will personally fund, through a waiver of a portion of their monthly remuneration, 230 tonnes of food for distribution to vulnerable communities...
16 Apr 2020
Environment minister Barbara Creecy has ordered air pollution data and anti-pollution plans of some of South Africa's biggest polluters to be made public...
John Yeld 16 Apr 2020
Pick n Pay has established a 'Feed the Nation' relief fund to provide food and basic hygiene essentials to the most vulnerable during the lockdown period...
9 Apr 2020
Launched on Monday, 16 March, Superiate's Cans with Purpose has raised over R100,000 so far. All proceeds collected are donated to Afrika Tikkun...
3 Apr 2020
Following its R50m appeal in response to the Covid-19 lockdown, non-profit food redistribution organisation FoodForward SA has received over R11m in financial and food donation support...
2 Apr 2020
As communities across South Africa start settling into the 21-day national lockdown, collecting accurate relevant real-time data is critical to ensuring a collective, meaningful response...
1 Apr 2020
With the novel coronavirus Covid-19 having reached the African continent, countries are getting ready to manage the spread of the virus and ensure that their fragile health systems can cope...
Dorothy Tembo 1 Apr 2020
Distell, producer and marketer of spirits, fine wines, ciders and RTDs, will begin producing hand sanitisers and other hygienic products at its production facilities...
26 Mar 2020
Over 20 social justice organisations have called for an urgent moratorium on all evictions in light of the coronavirus pandemic...
Zoë Postman 23 Mar 2020
If you want to go one step further, and make a difference to South Africa's most marginalised communities, you can donate funds through the Nation Builder Back-a-Buddy campaign or the Nation Builder account...
Keri-Leigh Paschal, Issued by Nation Builder 19 Mar 2020
Sanef says it's committed to assisting government to communicate information pertaining to the spread and containment of the Covid-19 and ensuring the safety of journalists covering the disease...
17 Mar 2020
Applications for the 10th annual SAB Foundation's Social Innovation and Disability Empowerment Awards will open on 24 February 2020...
17 Feb 2020
Under the auspices of the Association for Alcohol Responsibility and Education, the Code for Commercial Communications aims to provide clear guidelines for the responsible marketing of wine and other liquor products, and thereby curbing alcohol abuse in communities...
4 Feb 2020
Design Indaba speaker, Dutch fashion designer Bas Timmer is changing the world one Sheltersuit at a time...
23 Jan 2020
Without care, reforestation projects can damage ecosystems and be useless as carbon stores. Here's how to go about it the right way.
Heather Plumpton 11 Dec 2019
Following a €2m grant to the Africa Climate Change Fund in 2016, the Government of Flanders has this year committed a further €1m to support five projects in three African countries - Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa...
3 Dec 2019
The welfare sector is facing an increasingly challenging time in terms of funding, which is unlikely to change in the current economic environment...
Sameera Munshi 10 Oct 2019
In July Ethiopians planted 350 million trees in a single day. This was part of the country's national green legacy initiative to counter environmental degradation and climate change...
Meron Teferi Taye and Ellen Dyer 2 Sep 2019
According to the 2019 Travel Trends Report by the UK travel trade association ABTA, 45% of British travellers feel the social and environmental sustainability credentials of their tour operators, accommodation, and other travel suppliers are important...
22 Aug 2019
Gallagher Convention Centre is proud to be one of the venue sponsors for the FoodForward food packing event on 18 July...
Issued by Gallagher Convention Centre 15 Jul 2019
There seems to be no end in sight to the Ebola outbreak that has swept through the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since last August. By 19 June, nearly 1500 people had died...
Shelley Lees & Luisa Enria 5 Jul 2019
The impacts of climate change, associated sea level rise and extreme weather are amplifying as a result of record greenhouse gas levels and combining with urbanisation, environmental degradation and water stress to produce interlocking crises...
23 May 2019
South Africa's public health system has many shortcomings. There aren't enough to serve the 84% of patients who rely on the public sector...
17 Apr 2019
As we recently celebrated International Women's Day 2019 under the theme "#BalanceForBetter", let's not forget to applaud the amazing work done by extraordinary women in the tech industry...
8 Mar 2019
Government's National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme represents a substantial policy shift to restructure healthcare and secure universal health coverage for all South Africans...
28 Feb 2019
A whopping R2,940,000 was raised over the past year for the MyPlanet Rhino Fund thanks to 34,000 supporters...
2 Nov 2018