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Walking the nation together: The men turning endurance into hope

In a country often divided by inequality, unemployment and uncertainty, four men are attempting to reconnect South Africans through something profoundly simple: walking. Mshengu…

No service: The US government’s funding cuts have put further strain on already overloaded clinics and forced some to close their doors. (Delwyn Verasamy)

NGOs count the cost of lost United States funding

Jobs have been lost and organisations across South Africa and the continent are closing while others are barely surviving the financial crisis

The Ethical Agency recognised as green website hosting company

All of its services are powered by renewable energy sources

While on suspension and under investigation by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) for allegedly corrupt payments, National Lotteries Commission (NLC) chief operating officer Philemon Letwaba appeared in court last week. (GroundUp)

Brothers implicated in NLC dubious payments take each other to court

National Lotteries Commission chief operating officer, who is also under investigation by the SIU, has now been charged with malicious damage to property after a fight with his…

Young people today want Youth Day to go beyond the history, to acknowledge their current reality and the struggles they face. (David Harrison/M&G)

Young people want Youth Day to focus on today’s issues

It’s important to honour past heroes, but today’s youth activists also want their own struggles, and contemporary heroes, to be recognised

(John McCann/M&G)

No ‘culture of silence’, says Sonke

Social justice sector moves from exceptionalism to introspection about same-sex harassment

Members of Equal Education and schoolchildren march in Khayelitsha on Human Rights Day. Two volunteers have complained that they felt used by the organisation.

Equal Education grapples with ‘toxic’ culture

Former staff members say Equal Education’s problems go beyond sexual harassment

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Government: Anti-poaching organisations must register

The department of environmental affairs has said all NGO and NPO anti-poaching initiatives must register to ensure funds are being used properly.

Able and willing

greenABLE is the winner of the Non-Profit Organisations Award, sponsored by Nedbank.

Exposing youth to environmental issues

Delta Environmental Centre’s YES programme is the runner-up in the Non-Profit Organisations Award sponsored by Nedbank.

Measuring the difference

Total CSI expenditure is close to R7-billion every year, yet little is known about the impact of this spend.

Enabling the public sphere

Changes of tectonic proportions are happening in the social and development spheres across Africa.

From Zuma Inc to Zuma.org

From Zuma Inc to Zuma.org

The foundations on which the president’s private empire is built: Is the Zuma clan’s work in the non-profit sector philanthropy or influence trading?

Cerebral palsy patient Tsholofelo Phiri has personally appealed for her home’s survival.

How government starves the welfare sector

Cash-strapped groups plead for more funds: Subsidies have fallen so short of the needs of NGOs that many face imminent closure, writes Heidi Swart.

The Nkanyezi Stimulation Centre in Soweto waited for four months for its funding from the Gauteng department of health and social development.

Welfare groups fight for survival

Non-profit organisations fulfilling many of the state’s obligations are being crippled by its inefficiency and indifference, writes Heidi Swart.

To merge

To merge, or to close down

When the 2008 financial crisis hit, we anticipated an immediate and significant negative effect on SA’s non-profit sector, writes Tracey Henry.

Skilling the non-profit sector

Non-profit organisations are facing a serious funding crisis. It is the kind of crisis that has the potential to threaten SA’s young democracy.