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Empowering futures – DBSA’s impactful corporate social investment in education

In its steadfast commitment to sustainable socio-economic development, the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) takes pride in its transformative Corporate Social Investment (CSI) initiatives. Focused on education, particularly in Early Childhood Development (ECD), Primary and Secondary schools, DBSA’s approach is meticulously aligned with the Bank’s strategic focus areas and guided by the principles of […]

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Education and employment, it starts with a story

Community & Impact, Programmes / admin

Unemployment and lack of education – especially literacy – are two key concerns in South Africa. The official unemployment rate was 31,9% in the third quarter of last year. In addition, the 2030 Reading Panel Report found that most children leave Grade 1, without knowing the alphabet and 82% of Grade 4 learners cannot read for meaning.

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Sustainable social investment continues to play an essential role in SA’s development and transformation

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The effective management of corporate social investments in South Africa continues to play a critical role in supporting social investors to develop and implement relevant responses to the triple burdens of poverty, inequality and unemployment in South Africa. Tshikululu Social Investments, established in 1998, is a social investment fund manager and advisor, working alongside investors

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Read – The CSI Human Face of Business 2023

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Over the past 21 years, South Africa has grappled with profound social imbalances and, during this period, social investors both within the nation and abroad, have increasingly engaged in impactful and purpose-driven initiatives. What once seemed like a mere checkbox exercise has, over time, evolved into a critical business imperative for the C-suite. This transformative

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Watch – Change Makers shaking up CSI in SA, Part III

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We conclude the first in our series of conversations with ImpactSA, and the Liberty Group as Change Makers in the CSI space, gaining insight as to what motivates them, where the focus of CSI is concentrated and what corporate South Africa can do to enhance the lives of people in need. In this final episode

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Tshikululu Trust, Anglo American Platinum and the EC DoH bring quality healthcare to children in the Eastern Cape

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A mobile health clinic has been officially handed over to service communities around the Eastern Cape. An initiative of the Eastern Cape Department of Health, Anglo American Platinum and the Tshikululu Trust, this mobile clinic will have a significant impact on the Integrated School Health Programme in the province, by improving the health of children,

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South African women are using this app to successfully convict abusers

Community & Impact, In the News / admin

An app on your cellphone could advance justice in South Africa’s courts. That’s according to Onele Nobongoza, who is leading a generation of tech-driven activists against gender-based violence – one of the country’s most prevalent, yet under reported crimes Beautiful News “Just one in every nine cases of sexual abuse makes it to the police

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Watch – Change Makers shaking up CSI in SA, Part II

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We continue the conversation in our series of discussions with ImpactSA, the Kagiso Trust and the Liberty Group as Change Makers in the CSI space, gaining insight as to what motivates them, where the focus of CSI is concentrated and what corporate South Africa can do to enhance the lives of people in need. In

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Video – Change Makers shaking up CSI in SA

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ImpactSA together with Kagiso Trust and the Liberty Group have initiated a series of discussions with Change Makers in the CSI space – what motivates them, where the focus of CSI is concentrated and what corporate South Africa can do to enhance the lives of people in need. In the first episode we meet Nomaxabiso

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Pedaling for a purpose

Community & Impact, In the News / Chris Buchanan

Bayer Promotes Healthcare with Unjani Clinics in Limpopo and Soweto and a Nurse Sponsorship. Earlier this year, Cluster Head for South East and West Africa at BayerPharmaceuticals, Colin Tyrer, took on the gruelling eight-day ABSA Cape Epic mountain bike stage race to raise funds meant to further empower an Unjani Clinic nurse from a Bayer sponsored clinic.

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