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Rasheeda Ismail celebrated her 21st birthday on the night shift at Groote Schuur, and now she will be celebrating her 65th birthday before she retires. Source : https://www.facebook.com/HeroesofGrooteSchuur/posts/rasheeda-ismail-celebrated-her-21st-birthday-at-groote-schuur-and-in-a-few-weeks/957880428404468/   Rasheeda Ismail celebrated her 21st birthday at Groote Schuur and in a few weeks she’ll celebrate her 65th birthday before she retires. Here’s her story: “I’m retiring on the 30 November after 46 years. This was my very first job. I didn’t even finish high school. […]

The Black Ruby Foundation started making heavy-duty mobility wheelchairs better suited to South African needs and terrains. Source : https://www.goodthingsguy.com/lifestyle/npo-design-heavy-duty-wheelchair-to-combat-township-and-rural-terrains/   South Africa (11 November 2021) – The Black Ruby Foundation was founded to share an innovative wheelchair with South Africa’s underprivileged differently-abled community. The wheelchair provides adequate mobility for South Africans living in township and rural terrains. Nwabisa Mosiswe, who has a family member who is in a wheelchair and specialises in placing people […]

These Karens Wrote the Guidebook to Using Your Privilege for Good Source : https://www.beautifulnews.com/these-karens-wrote-guidebook-using-your-privilege-good   Karin Schimke and Karen Jeynes know better than anyone what it means to be a ‘Karen’. Their name has become synonymous with privileged, white women memes about entitlement and abuse of social status. But while Schimke and Jeyne’s first name has placed them on the receiving end of numerous jokes, they don’t take offence. Rather, the South African writers see […]

Thousands of Christmas Gifts Handed over for Santa Shoebox Project Source : https://santashoebox.org.za/ This year the Santa Shoebox Project reached 100% pledges and 96% have already been dropped off at the collection centres around South Africa.   South Africa (12 November 2021) – The Santa Shoebox Project was started in 2006 as a way for people to provide gifts to children who often go without during the festive season. The first roll-out saw just 180 […]

Incidents at Sea Point and at Langebaan Source : NSRI( https://www.nsri.org.za/2021/11/incidents-at-sea-point-and-at-langebaan/ ) Sat 6 November, the 80th life was saved with the contribution of an NSRI Pink Rescue Buoy and Good Samaritans at Rocklands Beach, Sea Point and NSRI #Mykonos duty crew were activated following reports of a boat in difficulty off-shore of the Alabama Street slipway, Langebaan Lagoon. SEA POINT: On Saturday, 6 November, at around 16h30, an NSRI Pink Rescue Buoy and Good […]