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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...
Pakistan Flood | Gift of the Givers intervenes in the wake of death and destruction in the region
According to CNN, monsoon rains in Pakistan have killed more than 1033 people, including 348 children, and have affected more than 33 Million people since Mid-June 2022. Responding to a request for international assistance, by Pakistani Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif,...
FEEL GOOD | Runner takes on Comrades Marathon barefoot to build homeless shelter in Pietermaritzburg
Picture above: Graham Wells from Facebook Gallery Graham Wells (45) from Pelham in Pietermaritzburg, will take on his 8th Comrades Marathon on 28 August 2022. Running barefoot from Pietermaritzburg to Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, Graham has decided to dedicate his...
Full Throttle | ‘Dirtbarbie’ cuts her hair for cancer, determined to beat her ‘terminal diagnosis’.
Sandi Pitchers Keel (58), an adventure junkie from Mondeor, Johannesburg, affectionately known as ‘DirtBarbie’, has always taken life by the horns and knows a thing or two about endurance, and the road less travelled. For the last 18 years, Sandi has been a member of...
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