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Streetlife over safety in shelters

Article Paddy Harper - 16 Apr 2020

In eThekwini a successful scheme is helping homeless people, but some say the lack of drugs to feed their addictions means it is better to stay away

NGOs today: Competing for resources, power and agency

Analysis Kentse Radebe & Ncedisa Nkonyeni - 5 Mar 2020

NGOs play a critical role in advancing social change and transformation, but their current funding model needs to be addressed for them to make a sustainable impact in South Africa

Strategic social investments are a catalyst for social progress

Article Staff Reporter - 17 Feb 2020

Barloworld Mbewu enables beneficiaries to move away from dependence on grant funding

The Brimstone Investment Corporation’s story

Article Cayleigh Bright - 15 Feb 2019

BEST shareholders support at least 3.5-million beneficiaries across South Africa

Is social entrepreneurship the new charity?

Article Cayleigh Bright - 15 Feb 2019

Imagine if the NGO sector became a large employer of manpower

Brimstone provides the necessary backing

Article Cayleigh Bright - 15 Feb 2019

NGOs often struggle with funding, which is where BEST fits in

Millions slip through NGO and Gauteng

Article Phillip De Wet - 3 Mar 2017

An extraordinary case is revealing unsavoury details about how the province transfers money

Auntie Maria takes control in Flamingo

Article Staff Reporter - 15 Dec 2016

Working with Cape Town City, NGOs and residents, the shack settlement is transformed.

Predatory peacekeepers blight UN peacekeepers day

World Kiri Rupiah - 27 May 2016

An ongoing rape scandal is casting a dark cloud over an occasion usually reserved for paying tribute to the 'Blue Helmets'.

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Johannesburg cannot police its future

Matthew Wilhelm solomon - 27 Oct 2020

South Africa’s biggest city is ground zero for debates about the long-term effectiveness and constitutionality of militarised urban policing and how we imagine the post-Covid city

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Ithala backs its embattled chairperson

Paddy Harper - 25 Oct 2020

Roshan Morar is being investigated in connection with KwaZulu-Natal education department backpack sanitiser tender worth R4-million and a batch of face masks that vanished

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Q&A Sessions: ‘My north star is the patient’

Eyaaz Matwadia - 24 Oct 2020

Rhulani Nhlaniki is Pfizer’s cluster lead for sub-Saharan Africa. As Pfizer starts phase III of the clinical trial of their Covid-19 vaccine candidate, he tells Malaikah Bophela that if it is successful, the company will ensure the vaccine will be available to everyone who needs it

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Itec serves up high-tech integrated surveillance system for family food company

special reports - 27 Oct 2020

The system includes facial recognition software and a thermal screening solution that will provide instant temperature screening of all employees

Special Reports

Transport Month

[email protected] - 23 Oct 2020

An infrastructure-led recovery will help to stimulate demand in the South African economy, which is vital post the Covid-19 pandemic

Special Reports

Limpopo’s Economic Recovery Plan to fight Covid-19 impact

special reports - 23 Oct 2020

Billions have been set aside to help farmers and industries get back on their feet as part of the Limpopo Socio-Economic Recovery Plan

Special Reports

Disrupt the corrupt

special reports - 22 Oct 2020

Whistle-blowers should be seen as real heroes in the fight against corruption and we need a change in culture for this to happen

Special Reports

Corporates: A force for good for a sustainable future

special reports - 20 Oct 2020

In order to see people and nature thrive what is required is a strong focus on partnerships – we cannot act alone anymore

Special Reports

Combatting wildlife crime in Southern Africa activity annual programme statement (APS) No. 04

special reports - 20 Oct 2020

Concept papers are sought for implementating activities, for a multi-faceted programme that aims to reduce poaching and illegal trade in wildlife

Special Reports

The financial decisions made during your life journey, and their impact on your retirement outcome

special reports - 19 Oct 2020

The longer you save towards retirement the larger your retirement savings are expected to be due to the effect of compounding interest

Special Reports

In conversation with SA Reserve Bank Governer, Lesetja Kganyago

special reports - 16 Oct 2020

'Make interest rates zero and inflation goes up and then people save less – we need savings to fund investment in this country'