Events

The Engen Community Computer School marked another significant milestone today, celebrating the graduation of 87 learners from its free digital literacy programme. This brings the total number of graduates to over 3,500 since the school’s inception in 2009. Held at the Blue Roof Life Space in Wentworth on 4 December 2025, the ceremony recognised the achievements […]

The Youth Employment Service (YES) has reached a new milestone in creating more than 200,000 quality work opportunities for talented young South Africans.  By enabling talented young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to enter the economy, YES plays a pivotal role in advancing South Africa’s inclusive economic growth agenda. As the world’s largest fully private-sector-funded youth employment

By: Tshidiso Masopha  Source: Tzu Chi Foundation If you ever needed proof that small acts add up, look no further than the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation. This global humanitarian powerhouse literally started with pocket change. Back in 1966, Dharma Master Cheng Yen gathered about 30 housewives in Hualien, Taiwan, and asked them to save just

By: Aaliyah Abrahams Mohamed There are stories women rarely tell aloud. They settle into the body long before we find the words. These stories shape lives, even when unspoken – sometimes quietly, sometimes with deep pain. Across communities in South Africa, women carry truths they were never allowed to express. Silence is not weakness. Often,

Rooibos Earth’s Essence is shaking up the liquor market in South Africa by creating the world’s first naturally preserved range of wine, beer, and cider – crafted with rooibos and honeybush extracts and now available exclusively at Checkers LiquorShop stores across the Western Cape. In 2010, after a long day in a Stellenbosch wine cellar, a simple cup of rooibos tea

SPECIAL EVENT: From surgery to celebration: KZN toddler blows out birthday candles for the first time KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa — Three-year-old Nzulu from KwaZulu-Natal recently blew out his birthday candles for the first time, a milestone made possible by the cleft lip and palate surgeries he received through Operation Smile South Africa’s (OSSA)  comprehensive cleft

PLETTENBERG BAY HERO’s (If you find a penguin on the shore it is either wounded or sick) Having recently moved to Plettenberg Bay and joined the Bird Club, I received a somewhat innocent message in my inbox. “Come feel the joy as rescued penguins waddle their way back to the ocean! Join us at Lookout

By: Thabo Motlhabi On 29 Saturday, November 2025. Kagiso Sports Development Academy based in West Rand Township of Kagiso 2, recently hosted a successful paraplegic games event in partnership with various stakeholders. The campaign was hosted at Bophelo Secondary School sports grounds, and formed part of South Africa’s disability awareness month commemorations in November. Disability

With Christmas, the season of giving, just around the corner, Remitly surveyed over 4,500 people from around the world using the Interpersonal Generosity Scale, a psychological study that captures generosity as a broader behaviour encompassing empathy, emotional support, patience, kindness and a willingness to put others’ needs first. South Africa’s average generosity score of 51.57 makes it

Despite the cold and rain on Sunday, 16 November, the Inanda Seminary Alumnae Association (ISAA) held its 10th Annual General Meeting in Sandton, followed by an elegant high tea. Hosted in the warm, stylish studio of designer Fred Eboka and fabric manufacturer Tina Eboka — an accomplished alumna who trained in Philadelphia — the gathering