Even though lockdown has limited many areas of business for many individuals, the Clover Mama Afrika team has not allowed this to deter them for a second. Where the Clover Mama Afrikas would normally travel to Gauteng for most training sessions, ‘virtual’ has now become the new norm. Clover Mama Afrika, Clover’s corporate sustainability initiative, a community-led...Read More

August 2020: A South African skincare brand has committed to supporting a local big cat sanctuary in celebration of World Lion Day. Annually, an estimated 40% of lions held in captivity die of a condition caused by a lack of Vitamin A supplements; a situation that could be changed by a collective effort between various industries....Read More

South Africa, 03 August 2020: Giving the gift of hope to the Cape Town Central City’s homeless community amidst a ravaging pandemic and harsh winter conditions is the main aim of the Cape Town Central City Improvement District’s Hope for the Homeless fundraising campaign, launched Monday, 03 August 2020. The campaign is part of the...Read More

Community hero helps 100 Freedom Park families On Wednesday, 27 May, approximately 100 families from the informal settlement community of Freedom Park, collected parcels containing food and other essential items from Christel House South Africa, a non-profit school based in Ottery. The initiative, which was spearheaded by Mr Randall Daniels, the Engineering Graphics and Design...Read More

#YouthVoicesOnCOVID19 #21poemsofencouragement  Lockdown youth poetry project inspires South Africa Cape Town, 25 May 2020: Providing inspiration and hope under lockdown, is what a group of South African youth have done with an online lockdown poetry project, in a series of written and visual presentations shared on YouTube by impassioned young men and women. The poetry...Read More

Never before has South Africa faced such a virulent adversary as the coronavirus. But with a huge amount of support from the Solidarity Fund, Afrika Tikkun has been able to feed over 23,600 vulnerable families in their communities. The Solidarity Fund was created in response to helping SA communities through the COVID-19 pandemic in terms...Read More

25 May 2020 – South Africa is a resilient nation that has overcome many difficult times through the spirit of Ubuntu. Even through lockdown and the coronavirus crisis, South Africans have huddled together to make do and get through. The Clover Mama Afrikas countrywide took on this challenge and turned it into new opportunities for...Read More

FAMILY LITERACY: THE GLUE THAT BINDS US Lorato Trok When I was growing up in the late 1980s and early 1990s, life was starkly different from what it is today. In the townships, households with electricity and a television set were a rarity; a luxury only enjoyed by a privileged few. Further, community libraries and...Read More

Since the beginning of the lockdown, Ikamva Labantu has been supporting 18 000 children and senior citizens within their existing community programmes. The organisation has well-established systems and an extensive footprint across Cape Town’s township neighbourhoods, which now, with the enforced lockdown, has enabled Ikamva Labantu to increase its reach to support another 72 000...Read More

Nutrition is essential in combatting the COVID-19 outbreak in SA May ubuntu shine in our time of need March was officially Nutrition Month in South Africa but it got lost in the furore of COVID-19; and yet, in the wake of this outbreak, good nutrition is essential. This is particularly so for children and the...Read More