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Princes William and Harry will cheer on England at Cape Town's impressive Green Point Stadium when they take on Algeria on Friday in in a Fifa World Cup Group C clash.

Paper giant Sappi and car manufacturer Volvo have launched a new scheme to plant more indigenous trees around South Africa. The GreenForBlue project encourages Volvo drivers to sponsor the planting of trees to offset their cars’ carbon emissions.

For orphans and vulnerable children to escape their dependence on charity through education, they need financial, emotional and practical support - which is exactly what Kim Feinberg's Tomorrow Trust aims to give them.

The South African government’s Extended Public Works Programme is stamping out poverty and unemployment by growing the skills base of local communities.

Recent parliamentary hearings on a draft Children's Bill, drawn up by the SA Law Reform Commission to bring together all legislation relating to children, were tense as welfare organisations and the government argued over key points excluded from the original draft Bill.