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On the 17 December 2019, a devastating wildfire destroyed Lismore Winefarm in Greyton, Western Cape – the home and livelihood of well-known pioneering farmer and winemaker, Samantha O’Keefe (48) and her two children, Quinn (14) and Keenan (16). The fire which started in the nearby nature reserve and initially posed no threat …

Are you aware of how dangerous and harmful fake news can be for the professional reputation of individuals, companies, and institutions? Europe Business Assembly Director Ivan Savvov is going to speak about this top important subject during the public hearings at the UN Headquarters in Geneva, on 20 February 2020. Why Fake …

Two tigers, both victims of inappropriate private keeping, have arrived at the FOUR PAWS project LIONSROCK Big Cat Sanctuary in South Africa on 23rd October 2019. Tigers Bela and Sharuk were born in 2014 in the garden of a private keeper in Germany. Their third sibling, called Imara, unfortunately did …

Shortly after receiving her South African colours for chess, Amahle Zenzile (11) from Crossroads, Cape Town has been invited to once again represent South Africa at the African Youth Chess Tournament to be held in Namibia. Two years ago, Amahle who lives with her grandmother, started playing chess for the Crossroads …

Owner of Date Night SA, Leilani Kuter (45) from Roodepoort, Gauteng was brutally raped and left for dead when she was only 18 years old and living at the NG-church Youth Centre in Vermeulen Street, Pretoria. She unknowingly let a dangerous man in his late 20s by the name of “Frankie” …

Nu Metro Cinemas donated over R50 000 to the FOUR PAWS Animal Welfare Foundation at their Canal Walk cineplex in Cape Town – to “Rise Up and Roar” for one of the 21st century’s most important conservation causes. A donation drive was launched in July, whereby cinemagoers were given an …

The 2019 Wealth Report which is compiled by AfriAsai Bank has ranked African countries according to their wealth on the continent.  On the ranking, South Africa tops the list with its total High Net Worth Individuals (HNWI) where 39,200 people are holding most of the country’s wealth at $649 billion. …

Around 2 000 children are born with clubfoot in South Africa every year.  Clubfoot is a birth defect that is treatable. Untreated clubfoot causes disability. Children with untreated clubfoot cannot wear shoes or walk normally because their feet are rigid, turned inwards and pointed down.  This is the challenge that …

Six years ago, Stan Engelbrecht (43) from Cape Town met Poppie van As (63), an elderly underprivileged lady who has a small roadside ‘roosterbrood’ stand on the N1 in Laingsburg. “I happened to be cycling in Laingsburg around New Years about 6 years ago, and to be honest, the first …

On 15 April 2019, people worldwide saw the roof of one of the finest examples ofFrench Gothic architect, the medieval Catholic cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, severely damaged in a devastating fire. Although the fire caused great sadness and the loss of a piece of history that started in …