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Volunteering made convenient: a Fantastic SA initiative
When I was still living in JHB I organised a few ‘volunteering’ trips for my staff, we helped build a house with Habitat for Humanity, we adopted a creche in Doornkop and we organised outings for kids. I even ended up, with FNB support, publishing a “Corporate Volunteering Best Practices’ Manual.
But, the biggest obstacle to regular volunteering was transport, especially for staff who relied on public transport, trains and taxi’s to get to work.
The initiative below is GREAT and a MUST READ by anyone who is keen to volunteer on a regular basis.(Intro. by Steuart Pennington)
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Scenario # 3: Zuma’s game is fast coming to an end
We have posted three Scenario’s on what is likely to happen end of this year and come 2019. They vary somewhat and make the adage ‘a week is a long time in politics’ frighteningly true!
- Derek Carstens https://www.sagoodnews.co.za/possible-political-scenarios-going-forward-think/
- Peter Bruce https://www.sagoodnews.co.za/peter-bruce-will-happen-come-anc-november-election-time/ and
- Thabang Motsodi https://www.sagoodnews.co.za/thabang-motsohi-responds-peter-bruce/.
Here is the final one by Max du Preez
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OLWETHU WAKA -MY STORY
A MUST READ
This is a good story – a typical story – one of 100’s, 1000’s, of similar stories…… BUT not one that is part of our SA narrative.
Olwethu “I was born on 10 August 1991, in the village of Nontshinga, Centane District of the Eastern Cape, an area previously known as the Republic of the Transkei, South Africa.
I live to this day, in the same rural village, where we still have no access to running water, and very little in the way of community services.
Our family has lived in the village for many years. Life is very tough, with only a small income coming from farming some crops and livestock.
I started school at the age of five, at Siseko Junior Secondary School, moved to Tshongweni Junior Secondary School in 1998, and completed grade 9 in 2007.
After completing grade 9, I told my father that I did not want to attend the local High School, as I had observed that no matriculants from that school had, in recent years, proceeded to study at University. He and my mother agreed and as a result I moved to Pakamani Senior Secondary School, an unknown school, in Bika Township, Butterworth where I studied for three years, (2008 – 2010).
There I discovered my love of mathematics.
Thanks to mathematics teacher, Mr M. L. Bonakele, I gained confidence in my academic ability and, in late 2009, I started to score firsts for mathematics.
I matriculated in 2010 with the following results:
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THIS WEEK'S FAST FACT
Giving and Volunteering:
Generous: According to a 2010 survey of 2,000 high net worth individuals (HNWI) from 20 countries around the world, South African HNWI are amongst the world’s most generous philanthropists. SA was found to be the second most financially generous nation behind the United States, and the fourth most generous in giving their time after Ireland, India and the USA. (Source:Eighty20.co.za
