Posted on March 29th, 2011 by
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BankservAfrica today announced they are the official new sponsor of the 2011 and 2012 pantomimes, a staple of the Johannesburg Christmas theatre season.
Group marketing head Michael Rubenstein believes the arts are fundamental to the heritage of South Africans. “South Africa is possibly the only location outside of Britain to have built a similar pantomime reputation for itself. The 2011 pantomime, Cinderella, is the most successful story-to-stage of all time, both in South Africa and abroad, as it’s one of the most accessible to audiences as nearly everyone knows the story.”
As a company that believes in investing in talent, Rubenstein says this strategic partnership with Joburg Theatre aligns with the company’s pursuit of talent. “The pantomime brings together some of the best acting talents in SA, similarly BankservAfrica has been the unseen talent driving South Africa’s payment system, ensuring recognition for the country as a global payment system leader.”
Playing to over 70 000 patrons each year, the Joburg Theatre pantomime is one of the most sought after theatre tickets in South Africa, explains Joburg Theatre chief executive officer (CEO) and executive producer Bernard Jay.
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Posted on December 18th, 2010 by
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Ex Springbok Captain and Founder of the Make A Difference (MAD) Foundation, Francois Pienaar has confirmed that The Chosen – The 2010 MTN Business Leading CEOs Council, via The Chosen Trust, has agreed to donate R600 000 it received as pledges from leading CEOs and business leaders to the MAD Foundation.
Several highly influential CEOs and business leaders were inspired by a controversial debate “You are rich they are poor – what if anything should you be doing about it”, with discussions centering around poverty alleviation during The 2010 MTN Business Leading CEOs Council in George, recently.
The high-powered group identified education as the number one priority. “We need to reach out to the youth at a young age and create opportunities for them to enter into emerging sectors of the economy,” says Angela Gahagan, Managing Executive of MTN Business.
There was also a clear consensus that business leaders need to spend more time listening to the youth. “We are fortunate to live in a country like South Africa, a country with huge potential but also daunting challenges,” said Francois Pienaar, a special guest at the council. “We all need to invest in the future of South Africa, to enable our children and their children to share in the wealth and beauty of this majestic land. The donation we received from The Chosen Trust will be the start of a legacy and we will identify four youngsters and provide for them financially from grade 7 through to grade 12, thus preparing them for scholarships for tertiary education.
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Posted on December 18th, 2010 by
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Thebe Investment Corporation through its community development arm, the Thebe Community Development Foundation in conjunction with Bongi Ngema- Zuma Foundation, today jointly announced their partnership to provide clean water to needy, rural communities.
The first of their joint initiatives is a flagship water purification project that will be launched in villages across Northern Kwa Zulu Natal, and already enjoys the support of His Majesty, King Goodwill Zwelithini Zulu and the KZN Provincial Government, led by Premier Dr. Zweli Mkhize.
The water purification system is produced by Headstream, a water solutions company, and is adapted from a US-developed product that has been successfully rolled out in other parts of the world to provide water purification solutions.
“Access to clean water is emerging as one of the key challenges facing our country both in urban and rural areas. This initiative of providing clean water to the communities is in line with Thebe’s ethos of solidarity with the communities,” said Ms Thobile Masooa, Group HR Executive of Thebe Investment Corporation.
“We are very pleased to partner Thebe in such an important initiative that addresses multiple challenges facing our vulnerable communities especially the basic necessity of clean water, as well as rural development and health,” said Madam Bongi Ngema-Zuma, patron and founder of the Bongi Ngema-Zuma Foundation. “With Thebe Community Development Foundation, we are breaking new ground and tackling head-on the strategic, national imperatives while helping people takes control of their health and lives.”
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Posted on November 2nd, 2010 by
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The South African Breweries Ltd (SAB), in partnership with the KZN Department of Education, launched a project that will see 5 000 school children across the Province receive school shoes with specially developed reflective strips to promote pedestrian safety.
SAB, supported by the Bobs for Good foundation, developed a unique and innovative safety shoe with built-in reflective technology which serves to draw attention to children walking during twilight hours and in the dark as well as to make them more visible to drivers. The shoe is 100% developed and manufactured in South Africa. The equally distinctive shoe boxes include educational pedestrian safety tips for children and parents.
Children from four schools situated in the Pinetown education district were the recipients of the partnership’s first shoe drop. The MEC for Education, Mr Senzo Mchunu, SAB representatives and the Bobs for Good team, personally fitted approximately 200 children from Shembe, Mount Royal, Ethekweni and Siboniswe Primary schools with the specially made shoes.
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Posted on November 1st, 2010 by
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Several highly influential female CEOs and business leaders have pledged to donate more than R600 000 to foster youth development in South Africa. Inspired by a debate about poverty alleviation at the 2010 MTN Business Leading CEOs Council in George over the weekend, the high-powered group identified education as the number one priority. Their donation will go into a Trust that supports youth development initiatives.
“We need to reach out to the youth at a young age and create opportunities for them to enter into emerging sectors of the economy,” says Angela Gahagan, Managing Executive of MTN Business.
Many corporate leaders believe that South Africa is facing a crisis of leadership, and delegates at the high-profile leadership conference echoed Danny Jordaan’s call for an “RDP for the soul.” Delegates from MTN Business, Absa, Microsoft SA, BMW and various other leading companies agreed that business leaders need to unite in their efforts to raise and promote the next generation of leaders. One CEO said that a ‘movement’ is needed and proposed the creation of a “CEO lobby.”
There was also a clear consensus that business leaders need to spend more time listening to the youth.
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Posted on October 17th, 2010 by
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House Eldad is a children’s home for HIV positive and abandoned toddlers and children situated in Randfontein. We have two houses in which we have 6 children in each house and four parents and two workers. Our childres are between 4 and 7 years old. They are in need of medication for these children.
If you can assist them or for any further enquiries about House Eldad, please contact our project leader, G. Pretorius at 011 692 1165
You can check out their website at http://www.agsrandfontein.co.za/
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Posted on October 10th, 2010 by
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With the festive season sneaking up on us, we were pleasantly surprised when we came across this project via some recommendations from Twitter.
Sounds like a great project:
Kidz2Kidz Santa Shoebox Project is an inspiring community initiative, that collects uniquely personalized Christmas gifts for socially disadvantaged youth. Equally, the project is about parents teaching their own children the joy of giving.
A gift to be shared with a child from a distinctly vulnerable social background, who may never before have received a Christmas gift. The project is unique in that the donor knows the name, age, gender and residence of the child the gift is intended for
For further information please check out the website at – http://www.santashoebox.co.za/
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Support an entrepreneurial South African business: NetFlorist is South Africa’s largest flower and gifting service. They offer a wide range of products, including floral arrangements and bouquets, gourmet hampers, dried fruit and nut hampers, wine hampers, jewellery and Swatch watches. All gifts are carefully delivered on time with your choice of message on the message card! Click Here
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Posted on September 8th, 2010 by
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As South Africa continues to slide down the United Nations’ literacy scale and the country struggles to bring to an end the public sector strikes that have interrupted learning for millions of its school-going children, Room to Read and its partner Twitter are kicking off an International Literacy Day campaign. The campaign is to raise awareness of illiteracy and to raise funds for the publication and distribution of a children’s book in South Africa.
Room to Read, a global non-profit organisation that empowers millions of children in the developing world through education, is partnering with Twitter to create a unique social media campaign to increase awareness of illiteracy on International Literacy Day, which celebrates the importance of learning around the globe.
Donations collected through this campaign during September will go towards the publication and distribution of the book. All efforts globally will be directed to this fund and will result in thousands of books to be shared with schools all over the country. Room to Read says its goal with the fund-raising campaign is to print 10,000 copies of “Unjani” or “How Are You”, a book written in Xhosa and English.
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Posted on June 9th, 2010 by
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At Bundublog.com we are always looking for nice social campaigns to support and bring to the attention of South Africans. Socially responsible South Africans contribute to the greater good and the more people who buy into this the better and more productive society will be.
This evening we came across the SkateForChange campaign – http://skateforchange.co.za/ – and we thought we would highlight it.
Professional skateboarder Puddy Zwennis will skate from Johannesburg to Cape Town doing roughly 25km’s a day with a crew following him.
Funds will be raised for the SOS Childrens
Check out more info on the website!
Bundublog.com has donated R150 to the campaign – hope the rest of South Africa gets behind him!
Want to support these guys:
Option 1: EFT
Beneficiary: Skate For Change
Account Number: 1605246581
Branch: 160545
Nedbank
Option 2: Checkers Money Market
You can donate at any Shoprite Checkers Money Market
Beneficiary: Skate For Change
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GiftDay. Buy floral gifts, Carrol Boyes and experience gifts online! Click Here
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Posted on May 23rd, 2010 by
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Earlier today
Catherine Luckhoff alerted Bundublog.com to the Winter Warmer campaign run in conjunction with Jacaranda 94.2 and the Gift of the Givers
R40 will buy 1 blanket for somebody who needs it. As Catherine points out that is the equivalent of a movie ticket, a couple of coffees or in my case 2 Spice Gold & Cokes!
I’m sure we can all reach out to the community and give something back.
If you want to contribute to the campaign just click here – http://jacarandafm.amazee.com/jacaranda-942%E2%80%99s-winter-warmer
Bundublog.com has donated a blanket and challenges you guys to give something back to society!
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