More than 2,900 learners have been given a back-to-school boost after receiving a donation of stationery packs and backpacks from leading tyre manufacturer, Sumitomo Rubber South Africa (SRSA). By The Sumitomo Group Joanne de Freitas, CSI manager of SRSA, said the company secured 2,300 stationery packs and backpacks – one per employee – and invited […]
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KFC South Africa is passionate about feeding a future with more purpose and bucketloads of good. And with a strong belief that together we can create a recipe for good, for all, many South African’s feel that same resilient spirit of Ubuntu. After initially committing R5 million to Gift of the Givers at the beginning
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MAMAS Alliance is a network of 36 reputable, independent and autonomous grassroots childcare organisations made up of 56 projects across seven provinces. The 1 900 MAMAS (and some great PAPAS) share the same values and collaborate to increase impact – with one common objective: to save more vulnerable children across South African from a hopeless
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In 2023, businesses will be expected to play an increasingly significant role in making the world a better place. As the country continues to face socioeconomic and environmental challenges, we expect corporate social investment (CSI) programmes and community engagement initiatives becoming even more important to help provide much needed support and sustainable solutions to some
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A 100% black-owned recycling business in Newcastle has become another example of how growth support initiatives are integral to drive entrepreneurs to the next level of growth and scalability. The business was started in 2009 by three young entrepreneurs from Osizweni township in Newscastle, KwaZulu Natal. With a borrowed bakkie and no employees, these three
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Sailing really is for everyone. This is the message of Durban’s Sail Africa Youth Development Foundation and its “Equity, Education, Environment” (EEE) programme which has won the Hollard Sport Industry Social & Environmental Impact Award for 2022. This initiative encourages equity and gender empowerment within the sport of sailing. As an agent for social cohesion
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University of Cape Town (UCT) final-year students in the Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment have done it again, taking top spots in both the engineering and the property and construction management streams at the prestigious Growthpoint Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA) Greenovate Awards. Story Helen Swingler – www.news.uct.ac.za Seven other universities competed this year:
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It’s been 15 years since the first Shoprite Mobile Soup Kitchen trucks set out on a journey to combat hunger in South Africa. The programme that started in 2007 with just three trucks serving Gauteng and the North West province, has grown into a fleet of 32 trucks serving all provinces. Since inception the Shoprite
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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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