Article 20/05/2013

Road shows to different parts of South Africa are spreading the information about sustainable tourism and news about the existence of the Sustainable Tourism Partnership Programme. One of the goals for the STPP is to assist small business and establishments in the tourism industry to implement the government’s National Minimum Standards for Responsible Tourism. Read More

Article 20/05/2013

The Ubuhle Care and Development Centre is located in Bronkhorstspruit in the North Eastern part of Gauteng. The centre was established by Thoko Kokela-Ntuli and Melanie Prinsloo in July 2008 and focuses on farmworker households. The centre provides a range of community care services like education, aftercare and counseling. Read More

Article 17/05/2013

The Centre for Small Business Development, or CSBD, focuses on providing business skills training for business start-ups and existing entrepreneurs, conducts annual conferences and quarterly business conversations. The CSBD has also produced research that addresses key areas, for instance the impact of the economic downturn on black owned small businesses in Gauteng. Read More

Article 17/05/2013

Fairtrade began in the 1940s when a few small North American and European organizations reached out to poverty stricken communities to help them sell their handicrafts and agricultural produce to well-off markets. Today, Fairtrade is a global effort. Read More

Article 17/05/2013

The Mpindweni community was identified as having a water shortage. People had to travel long distances to get that much needed commodity. After a number of options were explored it was decided, by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform, to build a containerized Water Purification Plant. Read More

Article 16/05/2013

The Phelophepa Health Train – the world’s first primary healthcare hospital on wheels – uses the existing rail network to make quality medical care an accessible reality for many of South Africa’s most remote communities. Read More

Article 14/05/2013

Pupils from the St Ansgars School, near Lanseria in Gauteng, received funky pencil cases, chair bags and school backpacks, recycled from old vinyl advertising billboards. Read More

Article 14/05/2013

The Aganang Bana Ba Mmaphuti Community Centre is in Limpopo and consists of a large house. It was started in 2010 and is now under the guardianship of Class Act Educational Services, a Johannesburg based NGO specializing in community and educational development. The Centre currently offers a number of courses which include literacy, computer literacy and knitting… Read More

Article 14/05/2013

According to the United Nations children's fund, “more than 25% of children under the age of 5 worldwide, are permanently ‘stunted’ from malnutrition, leaving them physically and intellectually weak and prone to early death.” Operation Hunger is active in finding solutions to malnutrition in South Africa. We spoke to Dr. Selma Browde, the Founder of Operation Hunger. Read More

Article 14/05/2013

Beka Ntsanwisi decided to approach the Department of Correctional Services to introduce singing to the prisoners and to start a choir as part of their rehabilitation. This, together with a successful sewing project, has changed the lives of many of the prisoners. Read More