Ella Grealy, 12, had no idea her tinkering on the piano would result in an anthem for the 67 Blankets for Mandela campaign. With lyrics honed by songwriter Neill Solomon…
They’ve set aside the wars of Westeros to aid people displaced by the Syrian conflict. Over the past five seasons of Game of Thrones, Cersei Lannister has become well known—and…
Amos Dudley felt self-conscious about his teeth. The 24-year-old digital design major at New Jersey Institute of Technology hated his crooked teeth and needed braces, but was a broke college…
United Nations names “Red” from the Angry Birds movie as honorary ambassador for Green on the International Day of Happiness! UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Red from the Angry Birds as…
Twenty-year-old Tashnika Rambali was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia when she was just 18, a diagnosis that threw her future into an uncertain spin. Now, the Durban-based biotechnology student has…
It is suspected the mongooses entered the engine looking for warmth, Wildlife in Crisis said. A Gauteng couple returning from a short holiday at the Kruger National Park were left…
It all started as a university assignment. In June 2015, Buhle Sithela — then studying event management at CPUT — started cleaning the bins in his community. “We had to…
When the call comes, firefighters like Ryan McCuen always rush in, never quite sure what they’ll encounter. On February 11, McCuen walked into this: a mother at wit’s end, a…
What is the International Day of Happiness? It’s a day to be happy, of course! Since 2013, the United Nations has celebrated the International Day of Happiness as a…
A Cape Flats dad has converted his backyard into a library to encourage the children in his neighbourhood to read. Hillview, South Africa (18 March 2016) – The homemade…
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