The Good Network

By TLC Two young women, Judith and Siya, who began their lives at TLC Children’s Home in Johannesburg before being adopted separately to Germany as babies, have returned to South Africa for several months to volunteer at Embrace Village - a community initiative founded by TLC’s Managing Director, Pippa Jarvis. Judith, staying for three months, and Siya, for six, are working alongside the Embrace team to run sports and learning activities for mothers and children in the villag

By Soapbox Communications Running a business is never just about numbers, stock or sales. For many South Africans, the biggest barrier to success isn’t lack of opportunity, but the unresolved trauma of poverty, abuse and loss. Trauma shapes mindset. It influences reactions, which in turn shape actions and behaviours. Left unaddressed, it can hold people back, cloud decision-making and make businesses fragile and unsustainable. In South Africa, mental health challenges are dee

By Fadia Williams from McWilliams & Company Educational Services   In every school corridor, from the bustling city campus to the rural classroom, I’ve seen the same look in teachers’ eyes, a quiet fatigue. It’s not just tiredness from long hours, but a deeper depletion that comes from trying to sustain passion in a system that often rewards survival over significance.   After two decades in education, as a teacher, principal, curriculum developer, and educational consultant,

By Taking Care of Business Poverty Eradication Day on 17 October is a global reminder of the urgent need to create pathways out of poverty for millions of people. Globally, more than 3 billion people (half the population of the world) live on less than $2.50 (R43,50) a day and are classified as ‘absolutely poor’. In South Africa, 30 million people were living below the national poverty line in 2015, with the World Bank predicting that number to grow to 41,8 million people by

By JNPR Each year, World Retina Day and International Sight Day – both commemorated between the last Saturday of September and 9 October – remind us that our vision is one of our most precious assets. And, like any other precious gift, it should be handled with care.    Yet, at least a billion people across the world live with preventable or unaddressed vision impairment. Behind those statistics are individuals, families and communities whose quality of life is diminished –

By Flux Communications What does it take to run 100km of unmarked, self-navigated mountain terrain - alone, overnight, and unsupported?...