Crowdfunding
latest news & developmentsSolar firm to tackle high electricity costs
As electricity tariffs continue to rise, squeezing household and small business budgets, a new solar company has entered the market with stokvel and crowdfunding models aimed at…
Athlete, 10, could miss out on championships in Portugal
The biathle, Esona Sekeleni, and her mother have turned to crowdfunding and selling raffle tickets to raise the necessary funds
‘We are focused on the local government elections,’ ANC tells employees after three months with no salary
The organisation has sent another letter to staff members saying that salaries for July, August and September will not be paid on 25 September
ANC secretaries called to Luthuli House to double-check the candidate list
Deputy secretary general Jesse Duarte ordered that they come to the party headquarters to ‘sit with the registration teams and go over their lists’
Party funding: DA rakes in R15mn in donations, ANC R10mn
Of the 504 political parties registered with the IEC, 393 did not respond to the requirement of the Political Party Funding Act
SA Express employees in R250m crowdfunding bid to buy their airline
Amid the overnight, worldwide crash of the air travel industry, a group of retrenched SA Express employees have an ambitious plan to raise R250-million in seed funding to buy the…
Wanelisa Xaba on using crowdfunding to pay fees: ‘I got a lot of shaming from people’
Some students have turned to online crowdfunding to raise funds for their studies.
White tears: The most valuable currency
Rebecca Davis finds it hard to laugh about the obscenity of the R140k raised by indignant sentinels of whiteness for a bullied waitress.
Italian pupils launch crowdfunding campaign to buy island
A class of children in Italy is enlisting the help of their peers to buy the uninhabited island of Budelli so it remains ‘untouched and Italian’.
Kickstarter is not all good endings, sometimes it’s scams
After backing a successful Kickstarter project, but not seeing the product in development, Liron Segev believes he may have been the victim of a scam.
Could crowd funding be the answer to hunting down Joseph Kony?
Can you crowd fund the hunt for a war criminal on the run deep in Africa’s jungles?
Milking cash cows is hard work
Crowdfunding is a wake-up call for those who think you can put an idea out there, sit back and watch the money roll in.