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Mandela Day Appeal from Orphaned Children’s Foundation

By SAPeople Contributor 17-07-17 18:54

Tomorrow is Mandela Day. It’s Nelson Mandela’s birthday and it’s a time where communities in South Africa celebrate all Mandela did for the Rainbow Nation. This year’s Winnie Mabaso (children’s orphanage) Mandela Day appeal is for gardening tools and seeds – and also for volunteers to come to Meriting to help plant additional community gardens. […]

Happy Valentine’s Day 2017

By SAPeople 14-02-17 13:28

Follow your heart today and send an anonymous Valentine’s Day message, or take a peak at some romantic notes that others have sent… Happy Valentine’s Day! All Valentine’s Day messages will be published on this page. Please allow a few hours before your message appears. Click here to send your own anonymous Valentine’s Day message. […]

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Have You Ever Seen The Rain?

By Julienne du Toit 29-12-16 11:18

People who live in the desert love rain. They love it in ways city people don’t understand. In the Karoo and the Kalahari, the horizons are so wide you can see the weather coming while it is still hours away. You can see clouds coalesce and darken over the mountains, then advance, walking on legs […]

Ira’s Gift at Christmas

By Paul Christie 17-03-17 17:45

Little Joe, who had adored his ‘outgoing’ father Ira, had been withdrawn and sulky since the accident, venturing out of his room only at mealtimes. With the funeral behind them and his parents’ mutual friends having long since returned to their busy lives, Joe and his mother Mary were left pretty much on their own now.  […]

Rhino Calendar Reveals Scenes of Courage and Hope from STROOP

By SAPeople 06-12-16 11:33

Between finishing filming and editing what promises to be the definitive film on the rhino poaching crisis in South Africa, the award winning STROOP filmmakers, Bonné de Bod and Susan Scott have announced their 2017 STROOP calendar.  SAPeople sat down with STROOP’s director to find out more about the calendar and of course when the […]

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Beautiful Tribute to South African Soldiers in Italy

By SAPeople Contributor 28-06-16 15:26

South African tourists, Peter and Michelle Roos, captured these poignant photos and the mood of a cemetery in Italy that became the last resting place for so many young South African soldiers… Michelle says that in the “midst of hedonistic pleasures” in Italy, the graves provided “a somber dose of other things that happened in […]

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DROUGHT: SA Farmer’s Daughter Begs for Help and Beckham Raises Awareness in Swaziland

By SAPeople Contributor 09-06-16 15:40

International football star – and Unicef Goodwill Ambassador – David Beckham’s visit to Swaziland this week has raised much needed awareness about the drought plaguing this part of Africa… a devastating drought of which most people are oblivious. Last night one SAPeople follower sent in a desperate appeal for help for her father, saying “does anyone know […]

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A Father’s Open Letter to his Children on Facebook

By Paul Christie 26-02-16 18:51

My dear children, it is with some regret that I must announce that despite the growing phenomena of parents addressing letters of praise directly to their kids on Facebook, extolling, inter alia, their brains, their beauty and the munificence of their physical and mental attributes, I’ve reluctantly decided to stick with the somewhat dated practice […]

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South Africa’s Odd Ministry Names

By SAPeople Staff Writer 10-02-16 15:03

Bhutan has The Gross National Happiness Commission, India the Ministry of Yoga, Myanmar/Burma the State Law and Order Restoration Council and North Korea the (of course) Propaganda and Agitation Department. So when it comes to government institutions, how does South Africa fare in the name game? To start with, South Africa has one of the most overweight […]

Got Contacts in Durban? Help Make Dreams Come True for Orphans…

By SAPeople 06-02-16 06:15

Does anyone know anyone who works at uShaka Marine World and could help make a dream come true for a group of orphaned and vulnerable kids from Gauteng? The children and the staff, from Winnie Mabaso Foundation, are “mega excited” to be heading to Durban in March for the first time in their lives, thanks to […]

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South Africa’s Proteas Don Pink to Raise R1M to Fight Cancer

By SAPeople Contributor 04-02-16 13:26

In support of World Cancer Day on 4 February, and the international awareness campaign it promotes, the Proteas will play a Pink One Day International on 12 February that Cricket South Africa hopes will raise R1 million. This will be the the third time the Proteas have donned pink for the cause. According to CSA, previous events have raised almost R500,000 for […]

British Moms Complete Mammoth Run for Orphaned Kids in South Africa

By SAPeople Contributor 16-11-15 16:09

This weekend two dedicated British mothers arrived in South Africa to complete their 5,795 Challenge to raise funds for orphaned children in Joburg. Since January, Jenny Chapman and Helen Thornhill (along with a friend), have run the equivalent air mile distance from Manchester to Johannesburg to raise funds for the Winnie Mabaso Foundation – a UK charity supporting […]

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Today Would’ve Been Jenna Lowe’s 21st Birthday…

By SAPeople Contributor 28-10-15 15:46

Today we were meant to be celebrating Jenna Lowe’s 21st in spectacular fashion…but sadly the young Capetonian never reached this milestone, as her #GetMeTo21 campaign so optimistically  implored. But with Jenna’s courageous quest to raise awareness about organ donation, she has made a tremendous difference to South Africans and will live on in our memories […]

The Little War Against Telkom’s Baby Ads

By SAPeople Staff Writer 06-10-15 07:19

Just two days ago it started as a campaign to get 12 likes on Facebook against a popular series of ads by Telkom, but already it has got a whole lot more than a dozen. The one-man (or is it the one-band?) campaign is against the well-known adverts that some see as cute, others as […]

South African ‘First’ Female Quadriplegic to Summit Kilimanjaro

By SAPeople Contributor 10-09-15 06:30

Early on Thursday morning, Michaela ‘Chaeli’ Mycroft became the first female quadriplegic to reach the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, according to organizers. Chaeli, who has just turned 21 and comes from Cape Town, has cerebral palsy and is wheelchair-bound. She is an ability activist, international award winner and co-founder of The Chaeli Campaign, a non-profit organisation that […]

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Welkom SPCA on the Verge of Closure

By SAPeople 14-08-15 14:59

The Welkom branch of the SPCA is on the verge of closure as they are heavily in debt. Chairman Maria de Wet was appointed in March. She told eNCA.online that the previous managers had “stolen money”. “They have been prosecuted, but the branch’s debts still remain,” De Wet said. She said the branch owes the […]

Homeless SA Teen Finds Freedom in Skateboarding

By SAPeople 12-08-15 08:22

An 18-year-old South African teen – who’s been living on the streets since he was eight – is making headlines around the world thanks to his enthusiasm for skateboarding rather than feeling sorry for himself or doing drugs. Peter Leguma’s story was first shared by the Ginkgo Agency, raising awareness for Skate Aid, a project […]

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