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Category: Employee Volunteering Programmes

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Posted on Jul 15, 2020Jul 16, 2020

Capitec spearheads Virtual Volunteering

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Posted on Jun 30, 2020Jun 30, 2020

#NOEXCUSE for Women Abuse

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Posted on May 11, 2020May 11, 2020

Weaving the collaboration thread through CSI [African Bank Case Study]

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Posted on Feb 5, 2020Feb 5, 2020

Volunteer Awards Part 2: Incentivise, incentivise and reward [Momentum Metropolitan Case Study]

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Posted on Jan 21, 2020Apr 23, 2020

Volunteer Awards: Lighting the way to employee engagement [Momentum Metropolitan Case Study]

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Women are the most vulnerable in this time, as the

Women are the most vulnerable in this time, as they occupy the most unskilled jobs and face the greatest risk when it comes to job loss. Cases of gender-based violence are also spiking, with Eyewitness News reporting an increase in cases of domestic violence on the national hotline, with more than 120,000 people called the hotline, which is double the usual volume. The question posed in the EWN article was “Should we be celebrating women this women’s day?” I say yes. Let’s celebrate being the backbone of society and let’s carry on the fight but at the same time rejoice! Happy Women’s day! For opportunities to get involved in uplifting other women, head over to our site forgood.co.za #womensday

Closing off our celebration of incredible South Af

Closing off our celebration of incredible South African women, Uyinene Mrwetyana was a 19-year-old student from UCT who was tortured, raped and murdered, ironically during Women’s Month last year. Her murder highlighted broader national problem of gender based violence and homicide in South Africa. She will not be forgotten. RIP Uyinene #womensmonth #gbv

Sophia Williams-de Bruyn was born in Port Elizabet

Sophia Williams-de Bruyn was born in Port Elizabeth in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province in 1938. Her work in leadership started while she was completing her high school education, and worked in factories during school vacations to earn pocket money. While at the Van Lane Textile factory, she was asked by fellow factory workers to assist them in disputes with factory bosses as she was educated. She eventually left school to work full time in the factory, and rose to become an executive member of the Textile Workers Union in Port Elizabeth. She worked alongside prominent people (and activists) such as Raymond Mhlaba and Govan Mbeki.
De Bruyn became the founding member of the South African Congress of Trade Union (SACTU), which is the predecessor of the Congress of South African Trade Union (COSATU). She was appointed as a full-time organiser of the ‘Coloured People’s Congress’ in Johannesburg in 1955.
She was only 18 years old when she marched with Helen Joseph, Lillian Ngoyi and over 20,000 other women from across South Africa in the anti-pass law protest to the Union Buildings in 1956. She completed her education in Lusaka, Zambia in the 1960s while in exile with her husband Henry De Bruyn, and earned her diploma in education. In 1984, she established a project that contributed to the preparation and development of ANC members in exile, and held senior administrative and human resource positions during the political transition period in 1990s that saw Nelson Mandela released from prison to be elected as the country’s first democratically-elected president. #womensupportingwomen #womensmonth

Albertina Sisulu was an anti-apartheid activist an

Albertina Sisulu was an anti-apartheid activist and nurse who joined the ANC Women’s League in 1948 and assumed leadership roles in the League as well as in the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW). She was one of the organizers of the women’s march to the Union Buildings in 1956 against the apartheid government’s pass laws, and was also opposed to the use of Bantu education for black students, which was an inferior form of education instituted by the apartheid government for black students.
Sisulu married to fellow political activist Walter Sisulu. They endured years of harassment by the state’s security police. She became the first woman to be arrested under the General Laws Amendment Act in 1963, which gave police the power to hold suspects in detention for 90 days without charge, when her husband fled during a pending court case. Sisulu was elected co-president of the United Democratic Front in 1983 and led a delegation of UDF leaders to Europe and the USA. She served in the first democratically elected parliament in 1994, and has won numerous humanitarian awards for her work. #womensmonth #albertinasisulu

It’s Women’s month and this week we are dedica

It’s Women’s month and this week we are dedicating our social media pages to women making a difference in SA.
On 9 August 1956, more than 20,000 South African women of all races staged a march on the Union Buildings in protest against the proposed amendments to the Urban Areas Act of 1950. The march was led by Lillian Ngoyi, Helen Joseph, Rahima Moosa and Sophia Williams.
These women stood silently for 30 minutes and then started singing a protest song: Wathint'Abafazi Wathint'imbokodo! (Now you have touched the women, you have struck a rock.) In the years since, the phrase (or its latest incarnation: "you strike a woman, you strike a rock” has come to represent women's courage and strength in South Africa. #womensmonth #volunteer

Ending the week with the last of the #funnyhats! C

Ending the week with the last of the #funnyhats! Cause manager @nerissa.roberts was wearing a unicorn hat and COO @romyheldsinger did the glamor look!

More #funnyhats photos of forgooders! And we have

More #funnyhats photos of forgooders! And we have another #beautyandthebeast - COO @romyheldsinger and top developer @rudivonstaden !

Caught during a meeting - cause manager @nerissa.r

Caught during a meeting - cause manager @nerissa.roberts. See we do work hard in the #forgoodhood!

We continue with showing you #forgoodstaff and the

We continue with showing you #forgoodstaff and their #funnyhats. Today we have #beautyandthebeast! Give them some 💙💙💙

Ready to the next #funnyhat? Love love Bokang's Ru

Ready to the next #funnyhat? Love love Bokang's Russian look! #lockdownofficefun

Another #funnyhats worn by star program manager @b

Another #funnyhats worn by star program manager @busisiwe_chauke - she claims it belongs to her son but we're not convinced! #coronafun #forgoodfun

We're starting showing our #funnyhats today! And w

We're starting showing our #funnyhats today! And who better to start with than #TopDog @andyhadfield ? Please ❤ this post and show him some love!

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