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GBV Survivors Supported by POWA Benefit from Skills Development Opportunities

December 14, 2021Admin135Good Deeds, NGO

Gender-Based Violence Survivors Supported by People Opposing Women Abuse (POWA) Benefit from Skills Development Opportunities 7 December 2021 – In line with ensuring gender-based violence (GBV) survivors are economically empowered, POWA recently ran a range of skills development programmes for 21 survivors supported by the organisation. These programmes have enabled 10 of...

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Wellington Hotelier Cycles 8 000 km in Aid of StreetSmart

December 14, 2021Admin135SA Heroes

Seasoned hotelier Angelo Casu makes every kilometre count on his mountain bike racing for StreetSmart to raise funds and extend a hand to South Africa’s most vulnerable children. Co-owner of the exclusive 5-star Grande Dédale Country House in Wellington, Angelo, who has been cycling with a purpose for StreetSmart since 2017, covered nearly...

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How to End Vaccine Apartheid

December 14, 2021Admin135Important SA Events: Global & Local

The October G-20 summit brought forth commitments to achieve a 70 percent vaccinated world by mid-2022. Still, efforts to achieve that goal remain hobbled by vaccine nationalism, a lack of effective global cooperation, and stymied attempts to lower the cost of production and distribution. The COVAX initiative has severely underperformed—and looks unlikely to be...

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Government Commits to Creating up to 500,000 New Jobs in Global Business Services by 2030

December 14, 2021Admin135Employment

On 18 November, Minister Patel of dtic signed, in conjunction with BPESA, the industry body for the Global Business Service (GBS) sector, and multiple partners across the sector, a Masterplan Framework that sets a target and pathway of how to create between 250,000 and 500,000 cumulative new jobs in the sector in South Africa by 2030. ...

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Kellogg’sR and Shoprite Collaborate to Act for Change and Create Better Days for South Africans

December 14, 2021Admin135Corporate, Good Deeds

Johannesburg, 14 December 2021. 11% of South African children (2.1 m) are living in households that reported hunger and 30% of children living in households that did not report hunger were classified as living below the poverty line as reported in the South African Child Gauge Report, 2020. Kellogg’s®, a global food company,...

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Organisation Tackles Youth Unemployment in Eastern Cape to Bridge the Gap