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A Heartbreaking Saffa Read #ThisIsUs Dear South Africa with love … I cried for you today – as I have done many times
As the tears spilled down my cheeks,
I thought of your skies and wild plains I felt your drum beat and heard your lions roar
I heard the summer crickets kritty clicking the click click song I thought of your warm smiles and open hearts and mothers with children they carried on their backs
And our childhood companions,
brothers and sisters from different mothers who we knew before they taught you to hate, before we knew what different colours we were. I thought of the African sunshine waking us up every morning
And how we thought we’d be in our home forever
Never imagining for one moment that we would leave of choice, of our own free will
.....[more] Known for his genuine African storytelling, Jst Sako reinforces the township truth through the release of the visuals to his latest single, “Vuka.”
Ekurhuleni born star, Jst Sako has returned to pick up where he left off with new visuals for his heart sung “Vuka,” a single he dropped in early September this year, which made its debut on South Africa’s award-winning feel-good breakfast show on SABC 3, “Expresso.”
....[more] A New Purpose in Overlanding – Improving People’s Eyesight #ThisIsUs Covid-19 has still gone strong in 2021, and at the end of June, the pandemic was taking over South Africa. This resulted in more travel restrictions and lockdowns. However, 4x4OUTFAR founder Anton Poplett didn’t let this stop him. He left Cape Town in his Land Rover Defender 110, joined by Cam Stuart, Karl Danneberg, and his wife and daughter.
The World Health Organization states that there are over two billion people ...
....[more] South Africa has struggled to combat food insecurity for decades. The Covid-19 pandemic has amplified this, as more people are struggling to put food on the table. When FoodForward SA launched in 2009, their aim was to address widespread hunger in South Africa, and they have been actively combatting food insecurity in all nine provinces ever since. Since lockdown in 2020, FoodForward SA has onboarded 350 beneficiary organisations to increase their vision of seeing South African communities free from hunger.
...[more] NOVEMBER: This entrepreneurship month, we profile ‘site hustlers’ who’ve successfully created small businesses using local site Gumtree #ThisIsUs
Meet the fantastic five: a Brewmeister, a competition king, an electronics flipper, a home office “DIYer”, and the queen of leggings. All five have one thing in common – they’ve successfully managed to use local site Gumtree to improve their site hustle. These are their stories....[more] Brand South Africa Announces Third Winner in the Women Empowerment Category Johannesburg |October 2021- i-LEAD has been announced as the third winner of the ongoing Brand South Africa 2021 Play Your Part Awards in the category – Women Empowerment. The focus of this category was to highlight women empowerment programmes that aim to uplift, protect and empower women mentally, physically and socio-economically....[more] The Role of SME’s, bigger than you think! SMEs are the lifeblood of any economy. In SA they contribute more than 40% of total GDP and account for nearly 90% of all employment. Eighty20 hopes you feel Local is Lekker, and consider supporting SMEs when you spend this holiday season. Bel Porto School, Take Home the Third Weekly Prize of R5000 in News24 and Adcock Ingram OTC Dance of Brave Challenge! #ThisIsUs Pernod Ricard, the World’s Second-largest Wine and Spirits Seller, is Investing R38 Million Locally into its 2021 Festive Season Campaign, Phakamisa ispirit (lift the spirit) #ThisIsUs Shoprite Doubles its Solar Capacity, Aims to Power 25% of Operations With Renewable Energy #ThisIsUs Play Builds Essential Life Skills – but it’s an Unattainable Luxury for Alexandra’s Children #ThisIsUs The Surfer Kids are Kicking up Sand with Their Instructors as they Share Their Seaside Take on the Dance of Brave #ThisIsUs #Feed5000 Annual Homeless Feeding Campaign kick-off #ThisIsUs POPI 2021 At www.sagoodnews.co.za we are passionate regarding providing our readers with a balanced and informed narrative in respect of positive news out of South Africa.Every day we update our website and once a month we send out a newsletter to your e-mail address, we use it for no other purpose. As you know that Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) comes into effect from 1 July 2021; your personal information and privacy is important to us; your contact details will always be safe and protected by us.We would like to continue to send out our monthly newsletter as a way of staying in contact with you, and if you wish to continue you don’t need to respond to this mail. Alternatively, should you wish to discontinue, please opt out by clicking the "unsubscribe" button below. Thanks for assisting us with this process. Stay home, stay safe ! Follow us: | 