“This is part of my legacy, and I want to encourage the youth to always remember where they come from,” says Soraya Martheze who is the subject of a short documentary ...
Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and City librarians shared the joy of reading at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital on World Read Aloud Day, ...
The province’s hospitals are bracing for the usual spike in trauma cases over the festive season, say health officials. At the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s ...
“We can no longer tolerate our children going hungry, dying of poison, being shot or joining gangs,” says early childhood development expert Professor Eric Atmore. ...
High school pupils got to show off their film-making skills at an open air film festival hosted by the Cape Town Museum of Childhood in Rondebosch on Friday November ...
Woodside Special Care Centre is making a public appeal for support for a Santa Shoebox initiative in aid of the home’s intellectually and physically disabled residents ...
“Adoption can be a lonely experience, and it really helps to have other people who are experiencing a similar path,” says adoptive parent Jocelyn Newmarch. World ...
Children must be protected from preventable ills, such as malnutrition, foetal alcohol syndrome and violence, so that the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital ...
The late trade unionist and member of Parliament, Lydia Kompe-Ngwena, is the subject of Lydia: Anthem to the Unity of Women, written by Dr Kally Forrest and launched ...
Spreading the highly specialised and life-changing surgical skills needed to bring smiles to the faces of children with facial deformities was the aim of a conference ...
Former teachers and staff of a non-profit college in Salt River joined its 25th anniversary celebrations on Thursday last week. The Basic Education and Skills Training ...
Over 200 members of the blind community took part in a long cane rally on the Sea Point Promenade on Saturday October 5. The long cane rally was organised by the ...
When Mitchell’s Plain teen Chad Payne was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 15 it came as a shocking blow to his parents. “I did not expect this. When he got diagnosed, ...
The sighted had a chance to “see” what it’s like to be blind during a dinner in pitch darkness last week. About 70 guests were led by the hand into a darkened room ...
The continued criminalisation of sex work in South Africa means sex workers must still largely work in the shadows enduring the dangers that come with that, says ...
Performing artists will find it easier to take their work on the road, reaching wider audiences around the country thanks to a joint project that plans to plough ...
Young ballet dancers will have a chance to shine in Bloom, ...
Woodstock artist Chantal Coetzee is shining a light on Africa’s queens and female leaders in her new exhibition launched at the Castle of Good Hope on Women’s Day ...
Blind and visually impaired woman had their moment to shine during a celebration last week in honour of Women’s Day. The Invest in Women event, attended by about ...
The Centre for Early Childhood Development, in Claremont, marked 30 years of helping children, last Thursday, in Rylands, with a celebration attended by more than ...
The Arise non-profit, whose mission it is to see children thriving through fostering strong family relationships, will be having an adoption conference in September. ...
Observatory cyclist Adam Jacobs, 22, will pedal solo through Africa to raise funds for Waves for Change, a non-profit that offers surf therapy and mental health ...
The Mater Domini home that takes care of destitute pregnant women is appealing to the public to support them during their tough financial times. The Claremont-based ...
The Trauma Centre for Survivors of Violence and Torture has been running monthly markets at its District Six premises since April. The markets raise money and awareness ...
U-Turn, a non-profit organisation that helps the homeless get off the streets, says it has raised more than R600 000 towards a R1 million month-end target through ...