Events
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South Africa’s townships – chaos or catalyst?
10 October 2011
19 October 2011 7:15 am to 9:30 am Development Intelligence Series breakfast briefing and discussion
hosted by Tshikululu Social Investments and the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)
South Africa’s townships, created in part by apartheid and arguably forgotten thereafter, are “œa place of fear, vigilante justice, xenophobic violence and a haven for criminals and undocumented foreigners.”
Or are they?
Tshikululu and GIBS presents a very different insight into the places that millions of South Africans call home.
Professor Anton Harber, author of Diepsloot, describes the textured social, cultural, economic and political melting pot that he discovered while researching his book, and suggests what his findings mean for South Africans generally and social investors specifically.
Lumkile Mondi, chief economist of the IDC, talking about township economies asks the question: is our economic and political strategy ignorant of the reality of township living, and at what cost?
We invite you to challenge your own view of township society, and how you are responding in business or social investment strategy.
Date: 19 October 2011
Venue: The Restaurant, Gordon Institute of Business Science, Melville Road, Illovo
Time: Breakfast is served at 07:15 and the briefing begins at 08:00
Cost: R250 per delegate, regrettably only accepted in cash
Please RSVP no later than 14 October 2011 to Lungelo Mgcina on 011 771 4230 or mgcinal@gibs.co.za
Professor Anton Harber, journalist, author, former editor of the Mail & Guardian, television producer and journalism trainer has most recently had published Diepsloot, a study of a semi-rural expanse that has transformed into a dense, seething settlement of about 200 000 people. Amidst the poverty, violence and chaos, he found a bustling place much loved by its inhabitants, an active economy with all the associated hustling and trading. He found people who, when neglected by the state, made their own solutions. Professor Harber directs the Journalism and Media Studies Programme at Wits University.
Mr Lumkile Mondi has a lengthy and very imposing CV, which we will summarise by saying that he is currently Chief Economist at the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) in Johannesburg, a fellow of the African Leadership Initiative (ALI) – an Aspen Institute effort to influence leaders to be socially conscious in addressing community issues in order to meet the Millennium Development Goals – and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Graduate School of Business at the University of Stellenbosch.
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Serious Enterprise Development workshop 2011 – book now
18 August 2011
28 September 2011 to 29 September 2011 Job creation, skills development and the independence and self esteem that come from small business growth are prized by everyone concerned with our country’s well being. That’s why South Africa’s formal private sector is keen to promote enterprise development (ED).
Getting it right, though, is easier said than done.
This intensive two-day workshop exposes companies to hands-on lessons in how to best use their resources to unleash entrepreneurial activity in our country’s marginalised constituencies.
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Book launch invitation – “The sustainability challenge: pressures and oppportunities for South African NGOs”
15 August 2011
6 September 2011 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm The rapidly changing funding scene in the country provided the impetus for a group of the development agencies of the Catholic Church to undertake a formal review of the funding environment in South Africa, as well as the strategies that non-governmental organisations (NGOs) might consider to improve their sustainability.
Margie Keeton will speak at the launch of her book, The Sustainability Challenge: Pressures and Opportunities for South African NGOs
Date: 6 September 2011 at 5.30pm
Where: Tshikululu Social Investments, Parktown, Johannesburg (directions here)
RSVP: hilda@cie.org.za by 1 September 2011. Seating is limited.
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Events – Challenges facing the SA labour market
28 June 2011
29 June 2011 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm Join the Free Market Foundation as Richard Pike and Loane Sharp (Chief Executive Officer and Labour Economist respectively from Adcorp Holdings Ltd; co-authors with Ted Black of The New Divide) scrutinise the root causes of the impending unemployment crisis and make recommendations on how to solve each of them.
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Workshop – Integrated reporting in practice
20 June 2011
5 July 2011 7 July 2011 To help South African practitioners stay at the forefront of international best practice, sustainability specialists Incite and First Principles are teaming up to offer a unique training opportunity - two one-day, collaborative-learning workshops featuring Susan Blesener Director of Corporate Accountability at Novo Nordisk, an international pioneer in the integrated reporting field.
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Invitation: Development Intelligence Series breakfast briefing and discussion
28 March 2011
8 April 2011 7:30 am to 10:30 am TOWARDS THE FUTURE: GLOBAL TRENDS IN SOCIAL CHANGE
hosted by Tshikululu Social Investments and GIBSFirst, there was an industrial revolution, then a technological one. Now, in the first decades of the 21st century, a movement for social change is gaining momentum. Slowly shaping government and private sector agendas the world over, and driven by individuals, this revolution too has the potential to inexorably alter our futures.
Some of the world’s most creative minds are formulating new models for doing business and creating sustainable income, eradicating poverty, promoting human rights and linking people in ways that were previously unimaginable. Perhaps it is therein that the revolution lies, in the dreaming of genuinely innovative approaches to our global problems.
If you are running an organisation interested in incorporating this new world thinking into your business strategy, or developing some of your own, then this event is for you. Should you be running an NGO driven to design a unique model for social change, then come and hear which trends may influence your decision-making.
The first Development Intelligence Series breakfast for 2011 has gathered some of those creative minds to provide a snapshot of this new thinking, in the areas of entrepreneurship and business, funding and technology operating in the social sphere.
Michael Traill from Social Ventures Australia tells us about new international impact investing trends, complementing Barry Smith‘s description of latest thinking in global social funding, while Gustav Praekelt leads us to new ideas in using mobile technology for social change.
Date: 8 April 2011
Venue: The Restaurant, Gordon Institute of Business Science, Melville Road, Illovo
Time: Breakfast is served at 07:15 and the briefing begins at 08:00
Cost: R250 per delegate, regrettably only accepted in cashPlease RSVP no later than 4 April 2011 to Lungelo Mgcina on 011 771 4230 or mgcinal@gibs.co.za
Michael Traill is the founding chief executive of Social Ventures Australia, an organisation that’s offering innovative solutions to society’s most pressing social problems. He helped establish this unique organisation in 2002 after 15 years as a co-founder and Executive Director of Macquarie Bank’s venture capital arm, Macquarie Direct Investment. Using his business management skills, this Harvard MBA Graduate has been able to use the strengths of the “˜venture capital’ model that he knows so well, to help identify and evaluate those existing social ventures that are on the path to achieving sustainable change for the long term.
Barry Smith led Synergos’ overall work in Africa as Senior Director, Southern Africa from September 2002 though December 2010. Mr. Smith has extensive experience in Southern Africa. He served for nearly 14 years as founding Executive Director of the International Fundraising Consortium (INTERFUND), a consortium of European development agencies channelling support to anti-poverty and pro-democracy organizations in the region. A key accomplishment at INTERFUND was the creation of an innovative HIV/AIDS and Development Program that promoted an integrated approach to the disease on the part of both NGOs and funders.
Gustav Praekelt is the founder of Praekelt Digital – a company that develops mobile solutions for emerging markets. After completing his B.Sc. in Computer Science and Philosophy, he co-founded one of the early digital interactive studio in Africa and was its technical director for 10 years. His belief in the power of mobile phones to transform Africa inspired him to establish the Praekelt Foundation in 2006. A technology incubator that develops robust, highly scalable mobile solutions for social good, its programmes have reached over 50 million people across 15 countries in Africa.
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Serious Social Investing workshop 2011
26 January 2011
17 March 2011 18 March 2011 After the success of last year’s Serious Social Investing workshop, we are pleased to confirm the dates for the 2011 event.
Held over two days, the workshop is hands-on, providing participants with access to experienced and established experts, case studies and practical CSI application. Just some of the topics under discussion are:
- The need for innovation in giving back to society - Barry Swartzberg (Group Executive Director: Discovery Health)
- Understanding the “other South Africa” - Denis Beckett (Commentator-at-Large)
- Remember the smaller funding, and don’t forget welfare - Lynne Fiser (Trust Consultant: BoE Philanthropy)
- Being practical in enterprise development successes - Nick van Rensburg (Head: Anglo Zimele)
- Closing the developmental circles of CSI, ED and SED - Tracey Henry (CEO: Tshikululu Social Investments)
- South Africa beyond 2011 – Professor Nick Binedell (Director: Gordon Institute of Business Science)
Brought to you by Tshikululu Social Investments, The Gordon Institute of Business and the Financial Mail, the workshop will be held on 17 and 18 of March 2011 at the Gordon Institute of Business Science in Illovo, Johannesburg, at a cost of R4 800 per person. All materials, lunch, teas are cocktails are included. Delegates will also receive a six-month subscription to the Financial Mail.
To make a booking for this event please contact Lee or Hayley on 011 467 5377 or admin@creativespacemedia.co.za.
If you book just one CSI learning event for 2011, let this be it.
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Proposals invited – Community and Facility Based Services (Western Cape)
18 January 2011
20 January 2011 10:00 am to 2:00 pm 21 January 2011 9:00 am to 11:30 am Proposals are hereby invited from Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs) in the Western Cape to deliver community and facility-based services for the financial year 2011/2012.
The Department of Health aims to strengthen its collaboration with NPOs through the creation of formalised partnerships for the delivery of various community based health services. The Department is conducting formalised evaluations of all current NPO partnerships that are delivering comprehensive, holistic community-based health services as well as specified HIV facility-based services.
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SAII 2010 Conference “œCollaborative capital investment for innovative social change”
3 November 2010
8 November 2010 to 9 November 2010 As philanthropic circles move more and more into a more investment space and investment circles move more and more into a responsible space, there is an important juncture at the cross section that needs to evolve – this is a huge global movement and is set to grow here too
This two day interactive workshop will cover the core themes of innovative responsible finance,building social capital infrastructure, measuring impact, collaboration in reality and social enterprise models in action.
The SAII 2010 conference is brought to you by GreaterGood, Cadiz Asset Management and Noah Financial Innovation. For further information, visit http://www.saiin.co.za.
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2010 film festival hosted by Beauty without Cruelty
29 October 2010 to 6 November 2010 Beauty Without Cruelty is delighted to announce that Shannon Keith is a special guest for the 2010 Animal Rights film festival, which is to take place in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg from 29th October to 6th November this year.
Keith is the director of Behind the Mask: The Story Of The People Who Risk Everything To Save Animals and Skin Trade, which will be premiered in Cape Town 29th October, and is the story of fur.
She is an animal rights activist, documentary film maker and animal rights lawyer. Keith has represented a number of well-known animal-rights activists and campaigns, including (SHAC) Stop Huntingon Cruelty and Kevin Konjaas, the former president of SHAC USA, against Huntington Life Sciences and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Keith has saved dogs from being euthanised in Los Angeles, and in 2000, she obtained the largest settlement against the City of Los Angeles for the beating to death of a dog by a city employee. In 2002 Keith began to challenge the media with her strong message in support of animal liberation actions and activists. In 2004 Keith started a non-profit, tax-exempt group called ARME (Animal Rescue, Media & Education). ARME rescues homeless animals and focuses on stopping the problem at its roots through educational initiatives, including making documentaries about animals and animal activists.
The Johannesburg events are on Friday 5th Nov: 40, Westmeath Road, Parkview. 7.00pm. Movie “Bold Native” and Saturday 6th Nov: Nu Metro Hyde Park. 2.00pm. Movie “The Skin Trade”
Further information can be found on www.bwcsa.co.za/campaigns
