| © 2022 South Africa - The Good News No images? Click here January 2022 Clem Sunter: The World in 2022 – five essential flags to watch Reflecting on the times we live in, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby had this to say in his 2021 Christmas sermon: “We all face uncertainty, uncontrollability and unpredictability, from huge companies to those sleeping rough.” That is one of the principal themes of the book Thinking the Future, coauthored by Mitch Ilbury and myself and published by Penguin Random House in July last year.
.....[more] Seasoned hotelier Angelo Casu makes every kilometre count on his mountain bike racing for StreetSmart to raise funds and extend a hand to South Africa’s most vulnerable children. Co-owner of the exclusive 5-star Grande Dédale Country House in Wellington, Angelo, who has been cycling with a purpose for StreetSmart since 2017, covered nearly 8 000 km over seven mountain bike races this year, single-handedly raising almost R50 000.
....[more] Social enterprise, Kusini Water, based in Gauteng builds water treatment systems from nanotechnology and macadamia nut shells. Just last week, they launched their biggest water purification plant at eMalahleni in partnership with DuPoint, producing 10,000 litres of water per hour.
As a social enterprise, Murendeni Mafumo, the founder of Kusini Water, has faced many challenges. Besides the usual barriers to entry, he found the lack of support in terms of human development the most difficult.
....[more] I was sent this message by a Wendy Ross “I’ve been watching a young South African Youtuber, Matt Ross.
He likes to surprise people with money & gifts. In his latest video he surprised an assistant with R2,000. I’ve included the link to his Youtube channel below:
...[more] johannesburg |Dec 2021- iloveza.com has been announced as the winner of the Nation Pride category in the ongoing Brand South Africa 2021 Play Your Part Awards.
The focus of this category is to showcase organisations, businesses or initiatives that work to instill national pride in South Africans by portraying a positive image of the country both locally and globally.
iloveza.com is a website dedicated to selling local South African products, and in so doing providing a platform for South African entrepreneurs, businesspeople, artists and craftsmen.
[more] The October G-20 summit brought forth commitments to achieve a 70 percent vaccinated world by mid-2022. Still, efforts to achieve that goal remain hobbled by vaccine nationalism, a lack of effective global cooperation, and stymied attempts to lower the cost of production and distribution. The COVAX initiative has severely underperformed—and looks unlikely to be able to meet the world’s needs without structural change, broader support, and a widened vaccine supply base.
[more] Civil Society in SA strong Environmental activists moved might and main to protect the Wild Coast from the seismic explosions of one of the world’s greatest polluters, Shell. On 28 December they won a historic legal victory with a judgment that ordered a halt to the survey and sent the misnamed Amazon Warrior (no relation to the once famous Greenpeace ship, the Rainbow Warrior) sulking out of South African waters. That a small village on the Wild Coast, Xolobeni and the Amadiba Crisis Committee, could successfully take on one of the world’s most powerful and corrupt companies is testimony once more to the fact that activists, armed with constitutional law, evidence and social mobilisation can still win. Engen Supports CHOC for the 5th Consecutive Year KFC Add Hope Give R5million to Gift of the Givers Kellogg’sR and Shoprite Collaborate to Act for Change and Create Better Days for South Africans GBV Survivors Supported by POWA Benefit from Skills Development Opportunities Westdene Residents, Soweto Paddlers and Wastepreneurs Clean 5 Tonnes of Litter from Westdene Dam #ThisIsUs Blouberg Community Creates ‘Pension fund’ to Reward Humble 71-year-old Ice Cream Man’s Sweet Service #ThisIsUs POPI 2021 At www.sagoodnews.co.za we are passionate regarding providing our readers with a balanced and informed narrative in respect of positive news out of South Africa.Every day we update our website and once a month we send out a newsletter to your e-mail address, we use it for no other purpose. As you know that Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) comes into effect from 1 July 2021; your personal information and privacy is important to us; your contact details will always be safe and protected by us.We would like to continue to send out our monthly newsletter as a way of staying in contact with you, and if you wish to continue you don’t need to respond to this mail. Alternatively, should you wish to discontinue, please opt out by clicking the "unsubscribe" button below. Thanks for assisting us with this process. Stay home, stay safe ! Follow us: | 