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10 Reasons to Celebrate Africa’s First-ever Marine Protected Areas (MPA) Day

June 7, 2021Admin135Important SA Events: Global & Local

On Sunday, 1 August 2021, a consortium of South African organisations will be the first, globally, to celebrate a day dedicated to the conservation of critical ocean areas which allow marine life to thrive, reproduce and grow. Along the South African coastline, there are 42 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) which provide crucial safe havens for...

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How an Inexpensive Bracelet Can Connect People and Brands and Change Lives

June 7, 2021Admin135Good Deeds, NGO

Learners at Mpumalanga’s JJ Matsane Primary School are learning in a brand new, fully-fledged computer centre thanks to a partnership between Relate bracelets and Protea Hotels by Mariott Kruger Gate. The project was initiated by the Protea Hotel Marriott Kruger Gate as part of the company’s corporate social investment, to celebrate the opening of...

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Shoprite Steps in to Assist in Johannesburg Hospital Water Crisis

June 7, 2021Admin135Corporate, Good Deeds

he Shoprite Group has heeded the call from Gift of the Givers to assist in the water crisis currently crippling Johannesburg hospitals – and it has empowered customers to donate directly to the humanitarian organisation’s work on the ground. The Group will use its Act for Change Fund till-point donation facility to raise funds for Gift of...

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Shoprite’s Team is Winning the War on Crime

June 7, 2021Admin135Crime

The Shoprite Group goes to great lengths to protect its customers and employees in the fight against crime with preventative actions but also playing its role in ensuring the arrest and prosecution of criminals. Its efforts resulted in a 16% year-on-year decline in violent and serious crime, including armed robberies and burglaries, from July 2020...

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Freedom Challenge: A Story of South African Generosity

June 7, 2021Admin135Newsletters

“Riding the Freedom Trail has the potential to change lives. The lives of those riding it and of those along the trail.” – David Waddilove, founder of the Freedom Trail The Freedom Challenge is well known in cycling circles and among endurance sport enthusiasts as a series of mountain bike events held along the...

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Celebrate the Unsung Heroes this Mandela Day

June 7, 2021Admin135SA Heroes

Early Childhood Development [ECD] in South Africa is predominantly a woman-dominated sector that is significantly under-resourced and under-capacitated. Barely receiving a minimum wage, they are responsible for providing ECD services in South African communities where [i]63% of young children live in poverty. Despite the hardship they face, these resilient, unsung Heroes continue to provide a...

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03 June is World Bicycle Day – Find Out More About How This Inspirational Creation Grows the Economy