News Archive
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What does the second decade hold for the Global Fund?
3 February 2012
At Davos last week, the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria received an unexpected birthday gift from Bill Gates in the form of a $750m “promissory note” to help shore up its faltering finances.
Despite its staggering successes – including helping put 3.3 million people on Aids treatment, 8.6 million on anti-tuberculosis treatment and providing 230m insecticide-treated nets for the prevention of malaria – the fund’s recent troubles had threatened to overshadow its accomplishments as it prepared to mark a decade as the world’s main financier of programmes to fight these three global epidemics.
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Cash-strapped NGOs rage against government, lottery
1 February 2012
The Gauteng Welfare, Social Service and Development Forum held a meeting at its offices on Tuesday and every organisation represented there painted the same picture: they had received a fraction of the funding they had requested from the department of social development and the National Lottery – some none at all for several years now – and have been forced to scale back on services or tap into meagre reserves. Most face the possibility they won’t be able to offer any services at all, and will have to lay off staff by the end of 2012. And turning to the corporate sector for help is pointless – it is already over-tapped and donor-fatigued.
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Our South Africa today on “Challenging Change”
31 January 2012
The South African Institute of Race Relations has been tracking how South Africa has changed for decades, particularly through publishing its meticulous and internationally praised annual publication, the Survey. First released in 1947, the volume is a compendium of facts about almost every aspect of our society’s development in a given year – from education to social services to income to population growth.
This week, we chat to research manager Lucy Holborn about our society’s most up-to-date trends.
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All episodes of Challenging Change are archived in our audio gallery. Listen to Challenging Change on Mondays at 18:30 on Radio Today at 1485 AM or on DSTV audio channel 169, repeated on Thursdays at 19:20.
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Book now for the 2012 Serious Social Investing workshop
30 January 2012
Serious social investing means the careful establishment of partnerships that create mutual value, nurture talent and opportunities and deliver real results.
At the 2012 Serious Social Investing workshop, you will gain a deeper practical understanding of what first class corporate social investment looks like, and how to carry it out.
