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  • India’s curries are hot - but not as hot as Symphonia for South Africa who recently received the Blue Dart Global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Award for Social Entrepreneurship at a ceremony in Mumbai.

    Find out more about this fine achievement.
  • George might be renowned for Sevens rugby but the sport seems to be getting competition. Football hero, Matthew Booth recently added his defender’s boot to the largest youth football tournament to be held in George.

    Read about this exciting event.
  • Have you ever seen a stray or malnourished animal and wished there were more you could do? Now you can.

    A forgood group is working on an action-evoking film on animal welfare.

    Help them complete the film.
  • Do you ever wish your phone could be more functional? A South African mobile services company, Oltio has been nominated in the "best mobile money innovation" category at the annual GSMA Global Mobile Awards.

    Their payD platform turns a user's mobile phone into a remote point-of-sale device.

    Read more.
  • From Cape Town with love comes an NGO that will be planting more than 5000 indigenous and fruit trees in Livingstone, Zambia. Their aim is to help reforest a country that has the world's second highest deforestation rate.

    See their greening plans.

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