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Community yoga as a labour of love

Article Zaza Hlalethwa - 6 Apr 2020

The Toolbox, founded and run by Nomzamo and Nosizwe Mji, offers community outreach yoga programmes, as well as regular studio classes

Using the COPC Toolkit to plan integrated healthcare delivery

Article Advertorial Supplement - 27 Sep 2019

The toolkit integrates data to better predict and respond to health needs in an area

We are not meant to be alone

Article bogdan TagDiv - 13 Jul 2018

"uKukhapha is the bedrock of isiNtu. This untranslatable notion of uMntu ngumntu ngabantu".

Striving for a malaria-free Africa

Article bogdan TagDiv - 29 Jun 2018

Communication Award for outreach and creating awareness by a team or individual

Open dialogues for multiple use water services

Article Advertising Supplement - 4 May 2018

Maintaining water projects that communities have initiated is vital to keep them running

The ideal partner in multiple use water services

Article Advertising Supplement - 4 May 2018

A public-private partnership working together with the water users themselves can deliver 'green growth'

Community standing on its own

Article Advertising Supplement - 4 May 2018

Florence Negondeni and other residents of Tshakhuma went to the mountain and piped water to 4 000 people

Synthetic seventh heaven: the perils of chemsex

Article Staff Reporter - 20 Jul 2017

The dangers of "chemical sex" are many, including addiction, overdose and HIV infection, and the tally of victims is mounting, campaigners warn.

Social services: Charity begins at home

Analysis bogdan TagDiv - 13 Aug 2015

Our woefully inadequate welfare system begs a new, integrated approach from the government.

Make way for the wise man of Winterveldt

Article Staff Reporter - 22 Jan 2015

What kind of a book would the biography of the leader of Winterveldt, arguably the largest informal settlement in the southern hemisphere, make?

Diepsloot toddler killings: A community enraged

Videos Staff Reporter - 15 Oct 2013

Residents of Diepsloot are baying for blood after the death of two toddlers in the area. And they say they are just as angry at the police.

R10m grant for co-operatives

Article Advertising Supplement - 26 Jul 2013

Every year the first Saturday of July is celebrated as International Co-operatives Day.

R10m grant for co-operatives

Article Advertising Supplement - 26 Jul 2013

Every year the first Saturday of July is celebrated as International Co-operatives Day.

Building community assets

Article Staff Reporter - 26 Apr 2013

CSI can make a difference, but can it make a measurable impact on an entire community?

Meeting fails to satisfy Alex housing protesters

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Sep 2007

Community members who are furious at the lack of sufficient housing and service delivery in Alexandra, north of Johannesburg, have met ward councillors to discuss their frustrations, which had led to public protests and the occupation of government-built homes earlier in the week.

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