Learners aged 10 to 12 have enjoyed the annual Masidlale soccer clinics designed to integrate children from all walks of life through a fun-filled, interactive sporting experience. During 2005, in the build-up to the 2010 Soccer World Cup, Spur Foundation identified the need for a platform that would introduce disadvantaged children to the game of soccer, while … [Read more...]
Cape Town: City where Mandela was imprisoned mourns
Nelson Mandela, as many have pointed out, had a complicated relationship with Cape Town. This weekend, mourners gathered to grieve and celebrate. The City of Cape Town’s response to Mandela’s death has been swift and efficient, with a reported operating budget of R72 million set aside for the days of mourning. But particularly at events held at the city’s Grand Parade, the … [Read more...]
Pulling together to brighten up lives
Corporate social investment is one of the most effective ways to promote change and growth in our society. Spur Foundation, supported by Spur Group, collaborates with a variety of charities to drive home their core value of generosity and make a difference in the lives of less fortunate individuals and communities. One of the charities they support is Sisanda … [Read more...]
Helping hands make a difference in Philippi
DJs for Bread and helping hands made a difference in Philippi, helping out in a local vegetable garden. Bigger Than Me in association with Heart Capital, Black Mango, Breathe Sunshine Africa Music Conference and BPM Magazine came together on Saturday the 9th of November to plant seeds, transplant seedlings at the Foodpods depot in the Philippi horticultural area. The aim … [Read more...]
Recycle Swop Shop helps local community
Why a Recycle Swop Shop should be coming to a school near you. I was invited to take a look at a Recycle Swop Shop project in the settlement of Du Noon, Cape Town, by project manager Mariah van der Westhuizen. When I arrived the atmosphere was buzzing with excitement and anticipation. Women, old and young, as well as children were queued outside Inkwenkwezi Secondary … [Read more...]
A call for nominations
16th Call for Nominations – 2013/14 NSTF-BHP Billiton Awards. The NSTF-BHP Billiton Awards encourage and reward excellence in scientific research, education, capacity building, management and communication and in technological innovation, thereby publicly honouring and celebrating outstanding contributions to Science, Engineering, Technology and Innovation (SETI) in South … [Read more...]
Warming oceans will affect the poorest
By 2100, the world’s oceans will be warmer and more acidic, with less dissolved oxygen and lower yields of fish and shellfish. And that will make life very difficult for up to 870 million of the world’s poorest people who rely on the sea for food, jobs and income. Camilo Mora of the University of Hawaii and colleagues report in the journal Public Library of Science Biology … [Read more...]
Making every day an Earth Day
Famed South Africa horticulturalists, Ludwig’s Roses unveiled the Miss Earth South Africa Rose at their Pretoria farm. The rose is a specially developed hybrid, designed by the team at Lugwig’s Roses to honour the environmental organisation, now in its 11th year of greening communities, empowering young women and educating the children of South Africa. Ludwig describes the rose … [Read more...]
4000 trees for a greener planet
The planting of 4000 trees in support of Arbor month commenced in Drakenstein last week. Drakenstein Municipality wishes to plant 4000 trees as part of greening the district during 2013. This will be the biggest amount of trees, ever planted in one year. To achieve this all the residents, schools, churches, NGO’s and other organisations in Drakenstein can apply for a free … [Read more...]
Community in the Gap talking for Nature
The great spiritual getaway - for me - has always been to the burly mountains of the Northern Drakensberg. Every year some inexplicable force lures me towards the Amphitheatre, where I let myself be swept away by its healing magnificence. Here, it seems, I can touch divinity. For here, the ever invasive human footprint has been managed and kept to a minimum. All that, it seems, … [Read more...]
Africa’s greenest hotel rests on values
“We did not inherit the planet from our parents, but are borrowing it from our children,” said Mario Delicio, co-owner of Hotel Verde, together with his wife Annemarie, at the grand opening of Africa’s greenest hotel this week. And it was his love for his three daughters that prompted this Italian German businessman to create an iconic building for others in the hotel industry … [Read more...]
Partnerships for change in Cape Town’s oldest township
“PETCO is all about Partnerships, Responsibility and Environmental Integrity” says PETCO CEO, Cheri Scholtz. A ground-breaking partnership has been formed with Sappi ReFibre, Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, PETCO and other local companies to launch a buy back centre in Cape Town’s oldest township. The project was launched on Thursday, 15 August at the … [Read more...]
Hungry children cannot build a nation
In Africa, and South Africa, more than 50% of families have probably found themselves unable to provide enough food for their families, at some time during the last year. Our children are going hungry. “One in three people in sub-Saharan Africa suffers from chronic hunger,” says Evelyn Tagbo in an Oxford University study. Food security is under threat in many parts of the … [Read more...]
