“I am a normal South African who happens to be extremely pissed off at you.” These words appear in one of Kavisha Pillay’s frequent missives addressed to President Jacob Zuma….
A Texas police officer gave a 5-year-old boy a hero’s sendoff by attending the child’s funeral dressed as Spider-Man. Joshua Garcia drowned in a pool April 2, just moments after…
26 kindergarten students at Rio Vista Elementary School in California have just had their educational futures guaranteed by a total stranger. Marty Burbank is pledging to fund each student’s tuition…
A home is not just a “place.” It provides roots, identity, safety and a sense of responsibility. Those who do not have a home know this all too well. We…
Nosipho Nguse notched up two life milestones in one night with a graduation proposal! Nosipho’s boyfriend popped the question as she walked off the stage during her graduation ceremony at the…
An award-winning science project by two Cape Town matric pupils could save thousands of lives. Khayelitsha teens Kholiswa Ntshinga, 18, and Yolanda Nkala, 17, have discovered low-cost ways to reduce…
A woman who works at the front desk of a hotel told a touching story about an elderly couple she befriended and the bucket list she helped to fulfil. The husband…
This is Benjamin Giroux. He’s a 10-year-old with Asperger’s Syndrome who attends Cumberland Head Elementary School in Plattsburgh, New York. This week, his teacher asked her students to write a…
Molly Galbraith, who’s best known as the founder of Girls Gone Strong as well as a strength and conditioning coach, took to her Facebook to speak about the incessant criticism…
DEFYING all the odds – and with a little help from his guide dog – quadriplegic Heinrich Williams will graduated from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) with a national diploma…
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