More KZN schools to provide food
Over 400 high schools in rural KwaZulu-Natal will soon be able to provide a hot meal to their impoverished learners, thanks to their inclusion in the government's school nutrition programme.
Shoprite launches feeding scheme
South African retailer Shoprite has launched a feeding scheme that will see mobile kitchens distributing over 3.8-million cups of soup to the country's poorest communities over the next 12 months.
Khulisa founder wins social award
Lesley-Ann van Selm has won a social entrepreneurship award for her Khulisa crime prevention initiative, which works with offenders in communities to make restitution, restore personal pride, prevent recidivism and provide alternatives to gangs, drugs and crime.
Housing agency to speed up delivery
South Africa's newly launched Housing Development Agency will work with provinces, municipalities and developers to double the country's housing delivery rate from about 250 000 to over 500 000 units per year.
Building digital bridges in the Cape
International telecoms manufacturer Alcatel-Lucent has partnered with the Telkom Foundation to establish an e-learning centre and internet café at Grassy Park High School in Cape Town.
R13.2bn social spending boost
South Africa, proportionally one of the world's biggest spenders on social grants, will spend an extra R13.2-billion on social security in 2009/10 to help protect poor South Africans during the global economic slowdown.
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