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In a series of five articles, we share stories from Gift of the Givers volunteers in their own words as the organisation marks its...

In a series of five articles, we share stories from Gift of the Givers volunteers in their own words as the organisation marks its...

In a series of five articles, we share stories from Gift of the Givers volunteers in their own words as the organisation marks its...

In a series of five articles, we share stories from Gift of the Givers volunteers in their own words as the organisation marks its...

The Blind Cricket South Africa team are hungry to represent their country in the T20 World Cup in India. Their first match is against...

South Africa has the most powerful passport on the African continent, with its citizens able to enter a full 90 countries across the world...

The Schwab Foundation announced the winners of its Social Entrepreneurs of the Year awards at the WEF Africa conference in Kigali. This year's winners are entrepreneurs involved in computer literacy, training and socially responsible agriculture.

The Gift of the Givers has a search and rescue and a medical team in Nepal. Its trauma specialists are running seven theatres in five hospitals carrying out major surgical procedures, while the search and rescue teams comb rural areas. It is also supplying food and tents.

President Jacob Zuma has sent his condolences to Nepal after Saturday's 7.9 magnitude earthquake left an estimated 5 000 dead. The Department of International Relations and Co- operation has meanwhile confirmed that all the South Africans in the region have been accounted for.

Four prominent South Africans have lent their support to the UNHCR's I Belong Campaign to end statelessness within a decade. Without a state, a person has no identity, and is denied access to basic human rights – even a death certificate – and is more vulnerable to human trafficking and persecution.