Editor's View
Real Community Development Will Never Come From South Africa’s CSI Practitioners. Here’s why.
Some months ago, I wrote a rather peremptory article telling NGOs what I thought they needed in order to meet the requirements of potential funders. This is what I listed: ...
Covid-19 Exposes The Ill Preparedness Of CSI South Africa
As corporates and NGOs wake up to the fact that the biggest impact of Coronavirus might be economic, we see a distinct pattern emerging. Companies, eager to help, are running...
South Africa’s Localised Sustainable Development Goals – Response From The 2019 Funders Conference
On 17 September 2019, just under 100 development practitioners, academics, and captains of industry met in Johannesburg South Africa in a bid to charter a new course for CSI in...
The South African State of The CSI Industry Review – Coming Soon
In 2019, Corporate Social Responsibility News South Africa spoke to just over 150 CSI managers overseeing a combined budget of well over ZAR10 billion. We were invited to cover 100...
The South African CSI Revolution Has Come – How Do You Know When You Are In The Middle Of A Revolution?
Revolution, decision making and that still, small voice. How do you know when you are in the middle of a revolution? Revolutions are times of dramatic change, but they are...
Why CSI Managers and Funders In South Africa End Up Funding the Same NGOs Time After Time?
Several years ago, I worked for one of South Africa’s parastatals through an agency, managing CSI programmes. Our combined budget was ZAR15 million a year. Because it was a parastatal,...
Sustainability The Key For Social Investment In 2021
Every year around this time, I write a blog that looks at the trends in the social investment space for the coming year. This year, that’s a real challenge: in...
Meet Tebogo Molefe – CSI Manager At IDC – She Says: Always Anticipate The Unexpected
Covid-19 came as a disruption to many businesses and plans, but for the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSI) department at the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), work never stopped. CSI staff continued...
The Next Issue of CSI Matter Is Underway And We Are Focusing On Education – Understand Mission Educate 2030
South Africa’s high unemployment rate, the massive number of citizens dependent on grants, and high levels of despondency and delinquency amongst our youth are interlocked aspects of a single problem...
