How will the president address the education crisis in his State of the Nation Address, what definitive plans are there for Early Childhood Development, and what solutions are there for the future of South Africa’s children? There is a dire need for systemic improvements in the quality of learning in the country’s basic education system. […]
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With no end to power cuts in sight, many businesses and residents have been turning to battery-powered lamps, gas stoves, inverters and domestic solar power. Load shedding has cut business hours and production, reducing income. By Ashraf Hendricks for GroundUp. Images: GroundUp and Pixabay Scheduled blackouts by Eskom started back in 2007. Yet 16 years
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Next week, 9 February will see President Cyril Ramaphosa stand up in Parliament and deliver his State of the Nation Address (SONA). The President is faced with a myriad challenges, loadsheading topping the agenda along with crumbling infrastructure, a lack of service delivery and Phala Phala, the sword of Damocles that will surely have the
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The Anglo American Community Bursary Programme, in partnership with Tshikululu Social Investments, believes in investing in people through prioritising education. Bursary Programme recipients 2022 highlight what makes the Community Bursary Programme different, to help students realise their dreams. Watch the highlights video here:
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MAMAS Alliance attended a breakfast event hosted by Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga to celebrate the country’s top matric achievers. German More talks to ENCA about the immeasurable work MAMAS Alliance does to help the most vulnerable from the class of 2022 through the financial support from South African businesses.
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According to the latest findings shared in the 25th edition of The Trialogue Business in Society Handbook, South African companies spent an estimated R10.9bn on corporate social investment (CSI) in the 2022 financial year. This represents a 6% increase from the R10.3bn spent in 2021, as net profit after tax (NPAT) recovers after the pandemic
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Refining the art of social investing through collaboration and tailoring social investment that is scaled for impact in the GBVF space should be a firm focus for corporate South Africa during this year’s 16 Days of Activism. “The importance of impactful initiatives through private and public collaboration that focus on gender equity – to emancipate
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This November marked yet another milestone for the Ndlovu Care Group (NCG) with the official opening of the Ndlovu Vocational Training Centre in Bloempoort. The Non-Profit Organisation has a well-documented history and an exceptional track record of creating opportunities for orphaned and vulnerable children and youth in rural Moutse and surrounding villages. It is well-known
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If the modal share of urban rail in African cities increases to 10% in 2030 and 20% in 2050, compared with the baseline scenario of 1% today, one gigaton of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions could be avoided between 2023 and 2050, says rail mobility solutions group Alstom in a new report titled ‘The Role of
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Shack homes are constantly facing fire hazards that can easily spread due to informal settlement structure. According to research on fire safety, South Africa faces an estimated ten shack fires a day. The Tsantsabane municipal area in the Northern Cape is no exception. Over the last year, the communities experienced several dangerous residential fires destroying
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