Principal Nhlanhla Dube has a lesson for the rest of South Africa: how to beat a serial rapist, overcome a tiny government subsidy, a scarcity of textbooks and no laboratory…
A 66-year-old grandmother from Durban has just received her matric certificate, passing with great aplomb to boot. Blossom Msibi was part of the class of 2015 to successfully receive a…
There are epic stories, and then there are truly epic stories. A video for Western Sydney University’s “Unlimited” ad campaign profiles one such story — that of Deng Thiak Adut,…
Common courtesy and kindness to our fellow man takes nothing from us, but to another, it can make their day. This is a story from a college student, who went…
Three years ago, Lizel and Jaco Esterhuizen were told their son had only a month to live because of a tumour in his abdomen. On Wednesday, 6-year-old Jacques donned his…
When you walk into the office of the 28-year-old mayor of Ithaca, New York, you get an instant taste of what it means to have a young person running your…
Janine Mabuza was just 12 when she had to drop out of school to look after her parents and take care of the household. When they died from cancer, she…
Meet Jamie Ramsey, the “British Forrest Gump.” He’s a guy who loves to run — so much so that he just jogged from Vancouver, Canada, to Buenos Aires, Argentina. The…
19-year-old Charlotte Heffelmire is being hailed as a hero after she lifted a pickup truck off her father – and saved her family from a dangerous fire. Charlotte’s father, Eric,…
Nobody is born racist. This is what a group of mothers is trying to prove on Facebook, by posting pictures of their offspring playing with children of other races….
Where mind meets heart
“Simply shine your light on the road ahead, and you are helping others to see their way out of darkness.” – Katrina Mayer
