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How the 4th Industrial Revolution and Covid-19 are changing the face of CSI donations

By Sithandile Mpofu – Editor, Social TV It is common company practice to stick to a three-year cycle to update and upgrade employees’ computers and laptops, but many of these devices still have years of use to go. So, instead of sending them off to the recycling depot, rather follow DriveRisk’s example in donating them […]

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The most urgent climate crisis-related risks facing South Africans in the first half of the 21st century

By Kevin Bloom Kevin Bloom, senior investigative journalist of Daily Maverick‘s Climate Crisis reporting division “Our Burning Planet” This article is based on a Climate Risk Report commissioned by Absa Group Citizenship and online independent newspaper Daily Maverick. World-acclaimed scientists at Wits University’s Global Change Institute, with a panel of 12 experts from various disciplines,

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When pandemics collide, young women pay the price

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With COVID-19 taking up all the news, it is easy to forget that we are already at the centre of a global pandemic: HIV and AIDS. In South Africa – which has the highest number of people living with HIV in the world – the face of HIV is largely young and female, with adolescent

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Thriving Township spaza owner shares entrepreneurial journey during the pandemic.

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-Written by Neelam Diah “Resilience is all about being able to overcome the unexpected. Sustainability is about survival. The goal of resilience is to thrive”-Jamais Cascio. In a recent interview with BM Services – Ithembalakho, owner Mr. Nhlanhla Phiri shares his entrepreneurial journey with us. He shared how he learnt to thrive through these uncertain

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Telkom unveils online education support solution for learners

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Most classrooms in South Africa have over 50 learners per class with one teacher having to give enough attention to each child. This is impossible in most cases resulting in some children being left behind. 2020 has added additional strain to this already tenuous situation with Teachers and Parents now having to help learners to

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Financial Mail’s The Human Face of Business showcases corporate SA’s response to covid-19.

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Now in its 12th year, CSI: The Human Face of Business has become the key reference guide for best practice and innovation in SA social investment. With the social, economic and health challenges emerging from the Covid-19 crisis, thousands of South Africans are set to be adversely impacted – throwing into sharp relief the importance

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Thebe Foundation Relief Fund feeds another 1 000 vulnerable families in Soweto to mark Mandela day 2020

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The Thebe Foundation Relief Fund, an initiative launched at the beginning of lockdown to help feed the country’s most vulnerable communities, is continuing with food relief this Saturday, 18 July 2020, with hampers being distributed to feed another 1 000 families in the Soweto. Over 3 400 families, in communities around Gauteng, have already received desperately

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Business in Education Forum explores strategic interventions and calls for collaboration to overcome basic education crisis

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Held on Thursday 9 July, the conversation featured a call for focused, collaborative and re-purposed investment in education across sectors, focusing on innovation, connectivity and skills. There was consensus that the latter is often overlooked, and that basic services as well as leadership development and readiness for change underpin the effectiveness of long-term interventions. Hosted

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Helping SA OUT, one project at a time.

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Corporate Social Investment (CSI) initiatives should be more than a brand image activity – this is a philosophy that OUTsurance believes in. It is with this in mind that their CSI projects have managed to go beyond their ethos of, ‘you always get something out.’ OUTsurance’s culture of giving back to communities officially began in

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Liquid Telecom partners with Twiga Foods to accelerate agricultural transformation

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Pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom has partnered with Twiga Foods to increase agricultural productivity through precision farming. This partnership is opening up a new world of opportunities, enabled by Kenya’s rapidly expanding Internet of Things (IoT) network, Liquid Telecom says. In a statement on Tuesday, Liquid Telecom said it has deployed a complete precision agriculture

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