Mmanaledi Mataboge

In the past seven years former street child Mandla Njokwane (22) has seen and done things that most young men his age can hardly imagine. Last weekend the power of his imagination propelled him to a new dream when he won the information communciation technology industry African Achievers Youth Innovation Award for his computer skills.

Each morning Pat Magubane wakes at dawn, hurries through her household tasks and sets off for a dusty building site to start her 10-hour work day. Magubane is no wage slave rushing to clock in before the boss — in fact she doesn’t get a wage all. She is a volunteer at the Doornkop People’s Housing Process, which equips unemployed people with building skills and the materials to build houses for the most needy in her community.

<b>Finalist – Corporate Employee Community Involvement Programme:</b> Afrox’s Community Involvement Process and Bumbanani Day
Many companies take pride only in increased market share, but Afrox Oxygen Limited (Afrox) rates highly its achievements in improving staff relations and loyalty through its Community Involvement Programme (CIP).