http://www.tshikululu.org.za Corporate Social Investment Management CSI Agency South Africa Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:32:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tshikululu Social Investments is pleased to announce the awarding of its CEO, Tracey Henry, as financial services category winner in the “2010 Most Influential Women in Business and Government Awards” at a ceremony at Midrand’s Gallagher Estate today. “This recognition is especially pleasing as it shows an appreciation of the CSI ... http://www.tshikululu.org.za/news/tshikululu-ceo-wins-financial-services-award/ [caption id="attachment_3760" align="alignleft" width="328" caption="For SA policy makers pressured to put the economy onto a stronger job growth trajectory, meeting ambitious climate-change goals will add to a tricky balancing act."][/caption] This is an extract from an article written by Carol Paton for the Financial Mail, published in the 30 July 2010 ... http://www.tshikululu.org.za/thought-leadership/can-south-africa-really-reduce-its-carbon-footprint-by-34/ A South African education company has figured out a way to allow children to access electronic books (e-books) even when they do not have access to desktop computers. In South Africa, the government is still unable to ensure that the 12- million-odd pupils in public schools get all ... http://www.tshikululu.org.za/news/the-power-of-cellphones-in-the-classroom/ "Children don't vote," said Dr Robert Mwadime, of Uganda Action for Nutrition, at a session on the subject before the three-day African Union (AU) meeting opened in Kampala, Uganda. This means that political leaders in Africa often pay scant attention to the millions of children who ... http://www.tshikululu.org.za/news/political-will-can-solve-malnutrition-in-africa/ South Africa’s campaign to test 15 million people for HIV in one year risks being implemented in a way that undermines people’s human rights, the activist Mark Heywood told the Eighteenth International AIDS Conference in Vienna. Incidents of coercive testing have been recorded but the lack of effective monitoring procedures means ... http://www.tshikululu.org.za/news/activist-argues-against-south-africas-mass-hiv-testing-campaign/ South Africa is one of 12 countries that has failed to reduce child mortality since 1990, according to the 2009/10 SA Child Gauge released on Tuesday. Children were paying the price for the country's failure to progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which aimed to reduce ... http://www.tshikululu.org.za/news/south-africa-failing-in-child-health/ The number of clinics in Gauteng providing Anti-Retroviral Treatment to HIV positive patients is set to increase by 61 by the end of the month. Health and Social Development MEC Qedani Mahlangu has ordered that all clinics should provide the treatment by September, in line with the new ... http://www.tshikululu.org.za/news/more-gauteng-clinics-set-to-provide-arvs/ [caption id="attachment_3709" align="alignleft" width="183" caption="Action needs to be taken to eradicate HIV/Aids, not just treat its victims or attempt to control its spread."][/caption] John R. Talbott is the bestselling author of eight books on economics and politics that have accurately detailed and predicted the causes and devastating effects of ... http://www.tshikululu.org.za/thought-leadership/monumental-aids-breakthrough-or-is-it/ South Africa is moving fast to consolidate the scientific breakthrough announced last week by local HIV and Aids experts, who showed that a vaginal gel containing the antiretroviral tenofovir could prevent HIV in 40 percent of women. Dr Mamphela Ramphele, chairwoman of government's Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) ... http://www.tshikululu.org.za/news/finding-the-missing-link-in-hiv-battle/ Sizwe Nxasana is the CEO of the FirstRand Group, and Chairman of the FirstRand Foundation. This article was originally published by Business Day on 21 July 2010. For many companies, corporate social investment means writing out cheques. These companies fulfil their corporate social investment requirements but have little real involvement in ... http://www.tshikululu.org.za/thought-leadership/there-is-more-to-social-investment-than-giving-money/