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ISFAP agrees to cover 70% of the tuition fees for 3 deserving, disadvantaged students
The Ikusasa Student Financial Aid Programme (ISFAP), is a South African non-profit company that assists students from less privileged backgrounds. The organisation, which is a positive public-private partnership, intersecting the government and the private sector,...
Modern Miracle | 4-year-old Kyleigh’s life-saving heart surgery declared a ‘resounding success’
Support this BackaBuddy Campaign 3-year-old, Kyleigh ‘Milana’ Kista, from Benoni South Africa was diagnosed with a Complex Congenital Heart Defect at birth, and needs urgent, life-saving treatment in the US within the next 3 months. Kyleigh’s condition, known as...
Devastating Car Accident claims life of mother (36), daughter (9), daughter (6) suffers severe injuries
On the evening of 21 January 2022, Christeen Syffert (36) and her two daughters, Justeen (9) and Leanie (6) were involved in a serious motor vehicle accident on N17 Voortrekker Road in Alberton. The family was on their way home after seeing Christeen’s mom. Paramedics...
Heroic children walk 2km to the SPCA, carrying injured dog to safety in a baby car seat
Support this campaign on BackaBuddy In January 2022, Matthew Hahm (11), Thorne Davids (10) and Alex Jacobs (9), from Parkwood, Cape Town, heard a loud dog’s cry after a free-roaming dog chased Bruno, Thorne’s puppy into the road where he was knocked by a car. Without...
SA mom steps out of her comfort zone to honour her son who passed away of cancer
On 12 February 2022, Nadia Lewis (43), from Randburg, Johannesburg, took on the aQuellé Midmar Mile, swimming 1.6km to honour the memory of her son, Hanno, who passed away 8 years ago due to a rare form of cancer. Hanno’s cancer journey In June 2013, when Hanno was...
Jenny (59) who is deaf and blind, keeps in touch with the world through community support
Despite being diagnosed ‘profoundly deaf’ at birth and ‘clinically blind’ at the age of 48, Jennifer Pretorius (59) who lives in Fish Hoek, Cape Town, has always been determined to lead a full life. At the age of 6, unable to attend mainstream school due to...
‘Crew for a Cause’ seeks to reward superstar Cape Town student with full private school scholarship
Support this BackaBuddy Campaign Nikhil Rathilall (13), a sharp and assured student from Muizenberg, Cape Town, has been selected by Crew For a Cause, a registered NPO and PBO focused on empowering disadvantaged students through education, for a once-in-a-lifetime...
Business is booming: Catching up with Sheehama, 3 years after his truck was stolen and burned
“Sheehama is more than just the guy with a truck who moves furniture, he has become my friend and has really helped me grow my business. This week his livelihood was stripped from him when his truck was stolen, and with it went his business and means of looking after his family. ” – says De Wet
Good Things Guy, Brent Lindeque, shaves off his trademark locks in aid of cancer research
South Africa’s Good Things Guy, Brent Lindeque, from Johannesburg, has undergone a massive transformation in aid of Cancervive, shearing 40 centimetres of his trademark curly locks for a sleeker, shorter look.
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