| © 2022 South Africa - The Good News No images? Click here August 2022 I recently came across the work of GG Alcock ‘Kasinomic Revolution’ in which he describes the informal economy as ‘invisible but all around us, like a mist drifting by our car windows, hanging around on street corners, covering the townships. It is growing in an urgent organic pace unmatched by the formal sector’. Unemployment in SA = 12% GG quotes the following, and argues that ‘unemployment in SA is no more than 12%, the reason why we hear ‘official’ figures of 32% is because no-one really knows what is happening in our townships: Consider: Food Takeaways
...[more] Making South Africa sustainable – one brick at a time. Once again, the stage is set for the celebration of Women’s Month, marked every 9th of August in remembrance of the more than 20 000 women who marched to the Union Buildings on 9 August 1956 in protest against the extension of Pass Laws to women. This year’s Women’s Month will be celebrated under the theme: “Generation Equality: Realising Women’s Rights for an Equal Future”.
...[more] “Wathinta abafazi wathinta imbokodo.” (You Strike a Woman, You Strike a Rock) Channeling the famous rallying cry of the 20 000 brave women who marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria in 1956 to fight for freedom, Engen’s Xoliswa Ndlazulwana’s has used the sheer force of her character to bounce back from extreme hardship and be a shinning inspiration to all. This Women’s Month, Engen celebrates the Khayelitsha local who at the tender age of 16...
...[more] Traditional school classrooms all look the same: rows of desks and chairs facing the blackboard, a teacher’s desk and chair at the front. It’s how teaching has taken place for generations – but do these spaces actually help students to learn? The short answer is no. Experts around the world have studied classroom set-ups and concluded that the traditional classroom is actually a passive space where students listen without interacting, says Shaun Fuchs, founder of Centennial Schools. Human beings by nature are not passive creatures, yet children are expected to learn while sitting passively for hours on end, he says.
...[more] Our dreams begin in youth, and Cape Mental Health is encouraging children and youth to #FlyYourDreams at the 28th Cape Town Kite Festival this October 2022! You’re never too old to dream big, so let your dreams take to the sky, and fly a kite as high as you can this October in support of mental health awareness. Invest in your mental health – invest in our future.
...[more] Cell C has evolved Take a Girl Child to Work Day into an all-inclusive and holistic youth development programme – SEE YOUTH powered by Cell C. Save the date to our first SEE YOUTH in Conversation taking place Friday, 19 August 2022.
...[more] Checking in on the CommonwealthRemnants of Empire The first Commonwealth Games event, which took place in Hamilton, Canada in 1930, was called the British Empire Games and started out with 400 athletes and 6 sporting categories. The most recent Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham, England, has grown exponentially since its inception with more than 4 500 athletes competing across 20 sporting categories. Source: one, two, three Saab’s first-ever Workplace Acceleration Programme to help SA graduates Corporate Volunteering – The Capitec Way Zip Zap The Circus Re-Imagined! Entrepreneurial education fast-tracked for 35,000 South African youth Engen and Ackermans join hands to support Siloe School for the Blind New classroom handed over to small West Coast school 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. Follow us: | 