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      Boy who beat the odds against cancer starts Grade 1

      by January 14, 2016 308 0

      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…

      He used to be homeless. Now he’s a mayor. And he’s only 28.

      by January 14, 2016 386 0

      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…

      Orphaned school dropout beats the odds, now she wants to give back

      by January 13, 2016 437 0

      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…

      Why this ‘British Forrest Gump’ decided to run across 2 continents.

      by January 13, 2016 354 0

      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 girl lifts burning truck off dad and saves her family

      by January 13, 2016 1,111 0

      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 – Facebook moms’ group spreading a message of hope

      by Brent Lindeque@BrentLindequeJanuary 12, 2016May 14, 2017 455 1

      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….

      David Bowie’s Final Album ‘Blackstar’ & ‘Lazarus’ Video Were Goodbye Notes

      by January 12, 2016 348 0

      David Bowie shared his mystifying new album Blackstar on Friday, Jan. 8. By Sunday, he was gone. Yesterday (Jan. 10), Bowie succumbed to an 18-month battle with cancer and passed…

      Self-made South African billionaire Allan Gray and his family have given away to charity their entire controlling stake of the Allan Gray investment company and its offshore partner Orbis, BusinessDayLive reported.

      7th Richest South African Gives His Entire Business To Charity

      by Brent Lindeque@BrentLindeque January 11, 2016January 20, 2026 30,770 6

      Self-made South African billionaire Allan Gray and his family have given away to charity their entire controlling stake of the Allan Gray investment company and its offshore partner Orbis, BusinessDayLive…

      Train passenger gives shivering homeless man his shirt and hat

      by January 11, 2016 558 0

      While temperatures neared freezing in Manhattan over the weekend, this good deed warmed the hearts of passengers on a Brooklyn-bound subway. Lazaro Nolasco boarded his train Friday around 10 p.m….

      Bullies Called Her a “Zebra” & a “Cow”—But You’ll Never Believe What She’s Doing NOW!!

      by January 11, 2016 1,151 0

      At the age of 4, Winnie Harlow developed what is known at vitiligo, a condition that causes discolored skin blotches. As the cells that produced her melanin died, her self-confidence…

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