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  For many young single mothers, the road to self-reliance is steep, often walked in silence and solitude. This Women’s Month, the Mustadafin Foundation is walking alongside them. With a deep belief that resilience is not something reserved for August alone, Mustadafin has been working closely with a group of 16 young single mothers, empowering […]

We Can’t Fix Education While Ignoring the Women Who Hold It Together Women keep South Africa’s early childhood development (ECD) system running by teaching, feeding and caring for young children, and creating jobs in their communities. Yet half of ECD centres remain unregistered with the Department of Basic Education (DBE). This cuts these women off from subsidies and support,

Caption: Mother and daughter duo Maggie Rabbiea Milanzi (right) and Jacquline Morake (left) are proud members of the Re.Bag.Re.Use team. Based in Mpumalanga, they work together to transform empty Blue Ribbon bread bags into functional art. Jacquline meticulously cuts the plastic her mother crochets during her daily commute to Pretoria. The extra pocket money they

By: Leonie Selvan Empowerment fund boost for SA’s circular economy An empowerment fund created by one of South Africa’s longest-standing producer responsibility organisations is starting to deliver on its mandate to bolster small to medium-sized businesses and move them up the collection and recycling value chain. The Petco Empowerment Fund, which is funded by contributions

Ambitious SABC documentary travelogue ‘Breaking Down Borders’ which sees multi-hyphenate storyteller Paul Modjadji traverse the continent with his team to spread the joy of dance while spotlighting local stories has been nominated for a prestigious new award. The series, first aired on SABC 1 from August 2024 to critical acclaim and currently being rebroadcast, is nominated

On 22 May 2025, the Institute for Catalysis and Energy Solutions (ICES), a research unit at UNISA, handed over a completed biogas digestor and water system to the Sakhile Centre of Learning in aMazizini village, uKhahlamba Drakensberg. This milestone marked the final phase of a project that began in 2015 by Three Tree Hill Foundation

24 April 2025 marked a significant milestone in South Africa’s digital transformation journey as 100 young women graduated from CAPACITI’s Enabling Women in Tech (EWIT) programme. Their achievement is especially impactful, as Statistics South Africa reports that women make up only 23% of employees in STEM occupations, highlighting the critical role initiatives like EWIT play in

PROTEC Celebrates One-Year Anniversary as Implementation Partner for Ardagh for Education Programme, Driving STEM Excellence in South Africa PROTEC (Programme for Technological Careers) proudly announces the one-year anniversary of its impactful partnership with Ardagh Glass Packaging – South Africa on the Ardagh for Education programme. This milestone marks a year since the inaugural teacher workshop,

Cape Town, South Africa – The 67 Kids to School campaign is officially underway, and a dedicated team of five Grade 11 learners from SACS High School is working tirelessly to raise funds and awareness to support learners in need across the Western Cape. Now in its 11th year, the campaign is calling on the public to donate and

Source: Wikihow Recently, there has been considerable debate in SA regarding ‘THE NUMBERS’ mostly sparked by Capitec CEO Gerrit Fourie saying that he thought joblessness in SA was 10% as compared to the official unemployment figure of 32% produced by Stats SA. I responded with an article: Unemployment, poverty and inequality – the NUMBERS are