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Will smart townships and informal settlements bridge the digital divide?

Community & Impact, ESD initiatives, Small Business Development & ESD, Thought Leadership / Chris Buchanan

South Africa’s failing infrastructure and local service delivery has been well-documented in recent years. Failing infrastructure has an outsize impact on township and rural communities with the growing digital divide in townships fuelling inequality. Townships were never designed to become major economic drivers, with the result that today they are characterised by high rates of […]

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SONA and Budget – Time to implement

Community & Impact, In the News / Chris Buchanan

We heard the numbers in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address and we’ll hear where the money will come from in Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana Budget Presentation. According to the President we’ve been creating jobs through various stimulus programmes addressing both broad unemployment, as well as youth unemployment. He says our education system

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WATCH – 10 Years of education upliftment in the Winelands

Community & Impact, Programmes / Chris Buchanan

The Cape Wine Auction has earned a reputation as the significant international wine charity auction in South Africa. Since its inception in 2014 it has raised over R100 million with 38 partners benefiting through a co-operative donor-beneficiary model that prides itself on creating fundamental impact. ImpactSA spoke to Chairman of the Board of Trustees of

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Tribute-business leader Morena Sefako Ashley Mabogoane

Community & Impact, In the News / admin

It was with great shock and sadness to learn of the sudden passing away of Morena Ashley Mabogoane on Friday, 3 February following a short struggle with lung cancer at the youthful age of 64. By Bonang Mohale for Daily Maverick It is true that it often takes sadness to know what happiness is, noise

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Will SoNA address South Africa’s education crisis?

Community & Impact, In the News / Chris Buchanan

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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Businesses crippled by Eskom blackouts

Community & Impact, In the News / Chris Buchanan

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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The real State of the Nation

Community & Impact, In the News / Chris Buchanan

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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Watch – Anglo American bursary recipients tell their stories

Community & Impact, Programmes / Chris Buchanan

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 and its role in the class of ’22

Community & Impact, In the News / Chris Buchanan

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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CSI spend among South African companies totalled R10.9bn in 2022

Community & Impact, In the News / Chris Buchanan

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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