childhood
Drive to create a million jobs
The South African government’s Extended Public Works Programme is stamping out poverty and unemployment by growing the skills base of local communities.
Green airline goes greener
Kulula.com, one of South Africa’s successful low-cost airlines, is not only green in livery but green in purpose, as it launches Project Green, its environmental greening initiative.
Down-to-earth garden aids needy
Once a neglected dumpsite, the Siyakhana food garden has blossomed to play a vital role in meeting the nutritional needs of a handful of non-profit organisations that care for growing children as well as adults living with HIV/Aids.
EPWP to focus on early childhood
South Africa is bringing in elements such as early childhood development and the National Youth Service into its Expanded Public Works Programme, signalling an intensified effort to tackle unemployment.
An ubuntu Buddhist in Ixopo
Barbara Ludman (re)learns how to live in the moment at South Africa's home of "ubuntu Buddhism", and one of the most beautiful spots on the planet: the laid back, but not disengaged, Buddhist Retreat Centre near the town of Ixopo in KwaZulu-Natal.
South Africa declared polio-free
South Africa has been officially declared free of the preventable, but incurable, childhood disease of polio.
