Insight

In the past, the makeup of a foundation or NGO board, trustees, directors and board members have primarily consisted of people who had a vested interest in the organization. They...

In the last 24 months or so, I lost both my grandparents and uncle, a pain unbearable to most – my grandparents were in effect my parents and my uncle...

When we think about organisations that are involved in development, the Tshwane University of Technology may not spring to mind. Yet the Tshwane University of Technology  (TUT) is  one of...

South Africans aren’t always very money savvy. Not enough of us save for a rainy day, many of us fail to service our debt, and some of us live beyond...

The Old Mutual Foundation aims to empower people and communities through education, skills development, enterprise development, employee volunteerism and overall socio-economic transformation. The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the CSI industry’s...

At the end of the 19th century philanthropy was significantly transformed from being an ad hoc form of giving to meet a specific need for support or help, to a...

As host of Funders’ Round and Chief Editor of CSRNEWSSA, I have spoken with CSI managers who manage some of the most impressive and ground-breaking organisations in South Africa. Close conversations...

In just over a decade, impact investing has grown from niche to mainstream, a trend that has caught the attention, if not the commitment, of foundations, grantmakers and philanthropists. Worldwide,...

Machine Learning (ML) has become more commonplace in enterprises as the number of areas where it is effective grows. “If your organisation or vertical has not yet embraced ML, it...