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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...
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...
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...
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 -...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Breast Cancer |Police constable & Single Mum in remission needs help covering last medical bills
Cleopatra Leoschut (37), a single mother and police constable in the crime prevention unit from Robertson, Western Cape would give the shirt off her...
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