A post template

No image available
/ 5 May 2005

For Cameroon’s pygmies, no forest is impenetrable enough

With no telephone connection to the outside world, and a single access road that is little more than a forest trail, the village of Lomie might as well be situated at the other side of the Earth as far as many Cameroonians are concerned. For the Baka pygmies, however, the position of the settlement is more ambiguous: too accessible for loggers, but too remote for the benefits of modern life to make themselves felt.

No image available
/ 5 May 2005

Foundations for Education – Chiefs score big with IT

YOUR GUIDE TO INVESTING IN EDUCATION Leading global IT vendor, Acer, has joined forces with top South African soccer club Kaizer Chiefs to make technology available to communities around the country while simultaneously promoting entrepreneurship and self-sufficiency. The Amakhosi boast 13,1-million supporters and 220 active supporter branches throughout Southern Africa. Acer is to provide the […]

No image available
/ 5 May 2005

Foundations for Education – Supporting media talent

YOUR GUIDE TO INVESTING IN EDUCATION A bursary for talented and needy students of digital media studies has been introduced by Tinderbox at Johannesburg-based Vega The Brand Communications School. The bursary will be awarded annually to a final-year student who exhibits incredible talent in the field of digital media that covers website construction, interactive multi-media, […]

No image available
/ 5 May 2005

Foundations for Education – Narrowing the digital divide

YOUR GUIDE TO INVESTING IN EDUCATION Specialist computer company Workgroup recently donated software valued at R2,5-million to government as part of its social responsibility programme. Workgroup’s managing director Vaughn Parkin made the donation to the Departments of Education and Social Development and to nine Gauteng charities. ”Computer literacy is a vital skill in today’s modern […]

No image available
/ 5 May 2005

Foundations for Education – Putting muscle behind our athletes

YOUR GUIDE TO INVESTING IN EDUCATION Arnold Schwarzenegger, patron of the Special Olympics, visited South Africa to promote the event Diamond smiles: Sizile Mabaso, manager of the Anglo American Chairman’s Fund with Arnold Schwarzenegger at Takalani Home built, with a R7,6-million grant from the Anglo American and De Beers Chairman’s Fund. From Soweto to Sarajevo, […]