This week is Smile Week which sees eighteen children get life-changing surgery and the backlog from lockdown reduced in a big way! Cape Town, South Africa (11 November 2020)…
Injection much more effective than daily pills in preventing infection in women. Wits researchers have announced a “breakthrough” in HIV prevention in women An injection every eight weeks was…
This is the incredible moment a former prima ballerina suffering with Alzheimer’s is transformed when she hears the music from Swan Lake. Valenica, Spain (10 November 2020) – A…
Philani Simamane has earned himself a scholarship to attend university in the United States of America so his friend Andrew launched a fund to cover expenses. Pietermaritzburg, South Africa…
Since its launch in 1997, MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet has enabled South Africans to make a tangible difference and contribution to the improvement of tens of thousands of lives, and the…
Drones, 3D printing, robotics and artificial intelligence, these are just a few of the things students at Goodwood College will have access to at new science lab. Cape Town,…
Free Press Unlimited commended GroundUp’s reporter, for “his tenacity in reporting from areas where government accountability is lacking”. Cape Town, South Africa (10 November 2020) – Cape Town-based Investigative journalist…
Damian Leeuw microchipped his husky puppy Storm at 3-months-old and shortly afterwards, he was stolen but that chip reunited them a year later! Cape Town, South Africa (10 November…
The Nyanga Educare Centre was stripped bare and vandalised; the principal decided to launch a crowdfund to help open the school again. Nyanga, South Africa (10 November 2020) –…
The Enviro-Buggy is an innovation that could change how SA combats microplastics at the beach and its all thanks to #seathebiggerpicture Ocean Initiative. Cape Town, South Africa (09 November…
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"And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been." - Rainer Maria Rilke
