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Former young farm worker now wine estate executive

Denzel Swarts, born 37 years ago into a humble farm-working family on the historic Simonsig Wine Estate in Stellenbosch, has been appointed sales and brand executive of Zoetendal Vineyards and River Estate. Zoetendal is situated near Elim in the Overberg region of the Western Cape, about 200km from Cape Town, and forms part of a […]

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Ten tips for NPOs on writing effective funding proposals

The need for social assistance from nonprofit organisations (NPOs) has grown exponentially since the Covid-10 pandemic, but donor funding to NPOs has not kept pace. Inyathelo, which has worked for 20 years to help NPOs become more sustainable, offers 10 proposal writing tips to boost the chances of sourcing funding. Many NPOs rely on donations

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Pizza Hut gives young women a slice of the pie

Pizza Hut has partnered with the Youth Employment Service (YES) to launch LeadHERship, an initiative to address youth unemployment and gender inequality in South Africa. The program targets women aged between 18 and 24, where almost two-thirds of individuals in this age group are not economically active, with over 70% female. LeadHERship provides these women

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Agriculture career spotlight

Bayer supports Agricareers roadshow to showcase career opportunities in agriculture. While the official unemployment rate has eased marginally to 32.7%, South Africa’s unemployment rate is still one of the worst in the world, with 7.8 million people unemployed. Even more concerning is the country’s youth unemployment. Accounting for over half of SA’s employable population, this

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Will smart townships and informal settlements bridge the digital divide?

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

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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KFC Add Hope, KFC customers raise R10m for Gift of the Givers

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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Sail Africa Youth Development Foundation wins Hollard Sport Industry Award

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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