Support for small black firms
The department of trade and industry, with funding from the World Bank, has established the Black Business Supplier Development Programme, aimed at fast-tracking small and medium black-owned enterprises with potential for growth into the mainstream of the economy.
Matthews ‘Loop-en-Val’ Motshwarateu
He might have run as if he would fall over exhausted at any moment - hence his nickname, meaning "Run-and-Fall" - but when Matthews Motshwarateu blew away the king of white middle-distance running at Coetzenburg stadium in 1978, the mostly Afrikaans crowd gave him a standing ovation, and a South African sporting legend was born.
Let’s dance!
A creative initiative called Dance for All is giving underprivileged children in the Western Cape a constructive outlet after school. Not only are the kids having fun learning to dance, they're also being provided with valuable opportunities for employment in the performing arts.
Zackie Achmat, TIME hero
Aids activist Zackie Achmat features in TIME magazine's European edition as one of 35 "Heroes 2003" for his struggle to secure affordable antiretroviral drugs for South Africa's HIV/Aids sufferers.
SA’s first gay & lesbian bookstore
The Ultra Violet Book Cafe in Melville, Johannesburg is the only bookshop of its kind on the continent - the first specialist gay and lesbian bookstore in Africa.
Take a buddy on your travels
Tourists in search of a welcoming, anxiety-free holiday in SA can link up with Travel Buddy, a network of volunteers who look out for travellers, welcoming and advising them and, most of all, making sure they are safe.
