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‘GetFranck’ launches mental health app to reduce rising suicide rates in South Africa
Globally, a staggering 800,000 suicides occur every year. In South Africa, a person commits suicide every 40 minutes. As part of Mental Health Awareness Month which takes place every October, Franck, has launched a crowdfunding campaign on BackaBuddy, to raise enough...
FEEL GOOD | Johannesburg Trio to go bald in aid of breast cancer patients
On 22 October 2022, Nickey Seger (49), Owner of Curves Strubensvalley, her partner Grant Clack (60), and Leilani Kuter (48), Founder of Gender-based violence organisation, Yellow For Survivors, will be shaving their hair in support of the fight against breast cancer....
Disastrous Surgeries | Internet sensation ‘Vernon Koekemoer’ is fighting for his life in hospital
Image: Facebook: Adnan Patel Cassie Booyse (66), better known as Vernon Koekemoer or ‘SA’s Chuck Norris’, became an instant celebrity in 2008 after a photograph of him at a H2O Party went viral. Currently, Vernon, who lives in Boksburg, Johannesburg, is fighting for...
South African Para Surfing team to make waves at The World Para Surf Championships in California
Picture above: Noluthando and her Support team competing at SA Para Surf Championships, KZN 2022 Photo Credit Scott Mitchel For the FIRST time South Africa will be sending 14 para surfers (9 male and 5 female) to the World Para Surf Championships to be held at Pismo...
Bruce Fordyce sets his heart on providing defibrillators to 200 parkruns in South Africa
Legendary South African ultramarathon athlete, Bruce Fordyce (66), who has won the Comrades Marathon eight years in a row and nine times overall, is supporting a new challenge to provide each parkrun event in South Africa, with a defibrillator to help save lives....
Grandparents crowdfund to give grandson (29) suffering from a rare genetic condition a new lease on life.
Pictured above: Kyle with his grandmother, Margie. Colin (71) and Margie Jones (69), doting grandparents from Hillcrest, Durban, have dedicated most of their lives to caring for their grandson, Kyle Skidmore (29), who lives with a rare, inherited condition. At the age...
Woman with Cerebral Palsy walks 100km to gift wheelchairs to the underprivileged
Press Release for immediate distribution. Please contact Zane Groenewald for more information or to arrange an interview - 082 602 0735 - [email protected] Brittany McCormick (25) a keynote speaker from Paarl, Western Cape, was born premature at just 25 weeks....
FEEL GOOD | 24hrs after gunpoint mugging, Coach receives random act of kindness from his community
Coach Takudzwa ‘TK’ Muzadzi (31) from Zimbabwe, a beloved coach at Busy Ballers, was sadly mugged at gunpoint while in Sunningdale, Blouberg, on 29 August 2022. Hearing the news, Catherine Du Plooy, BackaBuddy COO, and Founder of charity e-commerce site, Gift...
Restoring Dignity | ‘Little Optimist’ is on a humble quest to optimise bathrooms at special needs school
Greg Bertish (51) from Kommetjie, Western Cape was diagnosed with Endocarditis, which is caused by a bacteria that attacks the heart valves. He was only 30 years old. Tests revealed that his heart was swollen 30% bigger than normal, and his aortic valve was destroyed...
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