SA is a time bomb waiting to explode and the recent protests could be the spark setting it in motion.
Internationally acclaimed baritone, Njabulo Madlala, hopes that you will help change the lives of underprivileged South Africans by supporting his concert in September.
We had a look at eight of the continent’s richest leaders and, as a contrast, checked out how their people are faring.
In South Africa, few subjects elicit as much debate and opinion as the country’s extensive social welfare programme. Does it indeed make people “lazy” and “dependent”? And is South Africa headed for a financial cliff because of it? We reviewed the research.
The developing world is on a mission to save wealthy children from themselves. Though the ‘Sponsor a Wealthy Child’ online game campaign, the third world public can virtually interact with western children and pull them out of their poverty.
A homeless man decided to quit begging and provide a service to drivers by in Jo’burg. He tried to tell jokes, but they weren’t that funny, so instead he teaches them isiZulu.
In South Africa we face a daily moral dilemma Do we give? Do we say no? Do we try find another way to help? If we give are we contributing to a bad habit? By giving are we trapping people in their situations?
Jacques answers this question, from the perspective of a man living on the streets of Cape Town.
A reminder of our poverty statistics and the factors that count: location, race and education
A recent fundraiser to address the issues of Afrikaners living in squatter camps has caused controversy, as the real motivation for the initiative may be a greedy scam and not a questionable charity case
High rates of unemployment and the associated social ills have been a major blight in the otherwise remarkable story that is South Africa post-apartheid.
As a sharp-minded Black Consciousness pioneer who was a close friend of Steve Biko, human rights laywer and academic with extensive diplomatic experience, Reverend Canon Barney Pityana’s words carry some weight. Now, the Reverend asks Zuma to step down