Anything positive happen July/August while you weren’t looking?

ANY POSITIVE NEWS IN JULY / AUGUST?

My apologies, I was away for most of July with no signal, so I will combine the months of July and August to focus on positive developments.

As is to be expected the months of July and August were gloomy and overwhelming: Eskom on the brink; failing municipalities; expropriation without compensation; endless corruption cases; the Zondo Commission of Inquiry; broken bridges in JHB; Trump tweets; Racist videos from Adam Catzavelos; and we lost against Argentina!

Did anything positive happen? If you look carefully – YES! X12……(at least)

By Steuart Pennington

1. My School, My Village, My Planet raised R6 672 372 during June to assist schools, charities, environmental and animal organisations.
2. Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) urges the South African private sector to help build on the Brazil Russia India China South Africa (BRICS) Summit, by matching and taking advantage of the investment opportunities presented by the summit and associated business forums.
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Suffering from the ‘Black Dog’?
Read this week’s SAGN newsletter

Don’t Get Mad,
Don’t Get Sad…
Get Up!

by Justin Foxton

I have battled to write recently. This is odd because I usually have a great deal to say.

But I have been struggling with what a dear friend and colleague calls “the black dog” of depression. For those of you who suffer from depression, you will know that it is damn nigh impossible to create from within the bowels of the beast.

Dr Louise Van Rhyn, founder of Partners for Possibility, talks about there being 4 possible responses to the challenges we face in our nation. She says;

you can get depressed,
you can get angry,
you can leave (well, some of us can) or
you can get up and do something.
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DeBeers and
the diamond in you

De Beers Venetia Mine offers adult matric qualifications to local communities

From left to right: Brighton Mamadi , Millicent Makhura , Matome Malobela , Joel Saku , Rarane Masekela , Hendric Kgalushi and Caroline Matsa

LIMPOPO — De Beers, the world’s leading diamond company, in partnership with adult education specialists Media Works, has enrolled 14 members from the local communities surrounding its Venetia Mine in Musina, Limpopo in an Adult Senior Certificate (ASC) programme.

The training is targeted at community members from the local labour sending areas who either failed Grade 12 or wish to improve their grades. The minimum requirement for the programme is a Grade 11 pass. Over a period of five years, the programme will have an annual intake of local adults requiring ASC support, with specialised training provided by Media Works’ Matric Works programme.
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THIS WEEK'S FAST FACT

Bin overflow

Looking at last week’s fast fact and according to the World Bank, in 2012, cities around the world generated 1.3 billion tonnes of solid waste per year, which equates to 1.2kg per person per day.
South African cities generated 53,425 tonnes of waste per day which equates to 2kg per person per day. Municipal waste generation is expected to rise to 2.2 billion tonnes globally by 2025 due to rapid population growth and urbanization. (http://bit.ly/2LjS6xd)

Source: www.Eighty20.co.za