The non-profit organization (NPO) Things on Wheels will host its annual Wheel Walk this Saturday at the Sea Point Promenade. The event is expected to welcome more than 200 wheelchair users, offering them entertainment, breathtaking views, and exciting giveaways. Founder Kamile Abass shared that the initiative is deeply personal to him. “As soon as people arrive, you can see the joy on their faces. For many, it’s an escape from […]
A Cape Town-based non-profit initiative hopes to get more medical grade Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to non-hospital based healthcare workers as coronavirus infections rise and a third wave of the pandemic looms. A group of family doctors started Masks for Medics and have to date raised funds to supply masks, gowns, gloves and sanitisers to over 300 institutions. Masks for Medics are now aiming to include more frontline workers at […]
A national non-profit organisation that runs programmes to strengthen vulnerable youth, Girls & Boys Town South Africa (GBTSA), has distanced itself from an area in Cape Town, colloquially known as Boys Town. “Girls & Boys Town South Africa (GBTSA) has nothing to do with the area in the Western Cape, colloquially known as 'Boys Town'," GBTSA chief executive, Lee Loynes, said. She was clarifying the matter after media reports drew attention to […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
