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During the global 16 days of activism campaign against violence against women and children, South African shelters for such victims fear a lack of funding could lead to many of them returning to their abusers or living on the streets.
CORONAVIRUS

Streetlife over safety in shelters

In eThekwini a successful scheme is helping homeless people, but some say the lack of drugs to feed their addictions means it is better to stay away

  • Paddy Harper
6 min read
Nongovernmental organisations like Equal Education have played an important role in advocating for equality and social justice in South Africa.
EQUAL EDUCATION

NGOs today: Competing for resources, power and agency

NGOs play a critical role in advancing social change and transformation, but their current funding model needs to be addressed for them to make a sustainable impact in South Africa

  • Ncedisa Nkonyeni
  • Kentse Radebe
5 min read
Barloworld Mbewu introduces a new vision for shared value for corporate South Africa, says Noluvu Ngcwabe
BARLOWORLD

Strategic social investments are a catalyst for social progress

Barloworld Mbewu enables beneficiaries to move away from dependence on grant funding

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
Starting a formal business in South Africa is arduous, time-consuming, and expensive. (File photo)
BRIMSTONE EMPOWERMENT SHARE TRUST

Is social entrepreneurship the new charity?

Imagine if the NGO sector became a large employer of manpower

  • Cayleigh Bright
9 min read
The Sozo Foundation Building in Vrygrond
BRIMSTONE EMPOWERMENT SHARE TRUST

Brimstone provides the necessary backing

NGOs often struggle with funding, which is where BEST fits in

  • Cayleigh Bright
7 min read
The Yabonga Children’s Project was one of the first nongovernmental organisations to be offered shares by Brimstone, and has now achieved sustainability.
BRIMSTONE EMPOWERMENT SHARE TRUST

The Brimstone Investment Corporation’s story

BEST shareholders support at least 3.5-million beneficiaries across South Africa

  • Cayleigh Bright
5 min read
Dear ones: A vigil for patients who died after transfer from Life Esidimeni. The company and a new NGO using its facilities received provincial government money via ‘conduits’.
A RE AGENG

Millions slip through NGO and Gauteng

An extraordinary case is revealing unsavoury details about how the province transfers money

  • Phillip De Wet
6 min read
Maria Matthews
CAPE TOWN

​Auntie Maria takes control in Flamingo

Working with Cape Town City, NGOs and residents, the shack settlement is transformed.

  • Staff Reporter
5 min read
UN ‘blue helmets’
PREDATORYPEACEKEEPING

Predatory peacekeepers blight UN peacekeepers day

An ongoing rape scandal is casting a dark cloud over an occasion usually reserved for paying tribute to the ‘Blue Helmets’.

  • Kiri Rupiah
3 min read