Play Your Part

Polo, usually a sport of the privileged, is now being taken to underprivileged communities in the Free State. (Image: Poloafrica) With 60 ponies on...

Social media's potential as a powerful agent for change and conflict resolution in Africa is being demonstrated by the hugely viral #BringBackOurGirls online campaign to rescue 276 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram Islamist militants.

Get up 15 minutes early. Start a conversation with someone new. Go for a walk during lunchtime ... as part of its "Legacy" campaign, Brand SA calls on South Africans this Friday to "fly the flag for our ability to see things differently, to see challenges where others see obstacles, and no matter what, to make a plan."

Play Your Part ambassador, Sophie Kanza is the co-founder of the Sophie A. Kanza Foundation, which she runs with her sister Louise, with whom...

By coupling patience and an eye for detail, a South African university student has been selected as one of the finalists for the 2012 Sony World Photography Awards’ Student Focus competition.
• The boy who sees in pictures

The Kgosi Neighbourhood Foundation and its sponsor, DRA, help the impoverished children and their families in the Joburg inner city suburb of Jeppestown.

October is the month to start being active, is the message from many government leaders. South Africans are encouraged to get on their feet through several initiatives, such as National Recreation Day and Transport Month activities, to play their part.

In an outstanding display of solidarity and as the country celebrates Heritage Month in September, Brand South Africa partnered with IQbusiness to distribute 1 000...

The theme ‘Be Bold for Change’ set the tone for the third Owami Women Play Your Part Recognition Awards held to celebrate women making...

Today is World Aids Day, the day on which the world commemorates the global effects of the HIV/Aids pandemic. It is also a day to mark the continuation of the fight against the stigma that surrounds the disease, as well as to educate people about prevention and treatment programmes.