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Tragic Cooking oil accident: 2-year-old Willow Kleinhans suffers severe burn wounds
On the 31st of March 2021, 2-year-old Willow Kleinhans from Richard’s Bay was playing in her mother’s kitchen when she reached for the gas stove, and accidentally poured boiling cooking oil over her head and 25% of her body.
South Africans coming together even in these trying times.
Take a look at a few BackaBuddy campaigns launched this year that reminded us what it means to be South African, even in these trying times.
5 Charities To Support This Heritage Day
While we take a day to celebrate our heritage, donate a warm nutritional meal to a charity by helping them raise funds to feed those in need.
Johannesburg mother pleads for donations to help her 11-year-old twin boys, Caleb and Cole
Eleven year old twins, Caleb and Cole need your help to receive new hearing aids. They rely on these devices to hear and their existing ones are broken with no medical aid to replace them.
Shadrack Kuchale speaks out for the first time since the armed robbery that left him paralysed
On 1 September 2021, in the early hours of the morning, Shadrack Kuchale (38) From Cosmo City, Johannesburg, was on his way to work, when he was attacked and held at gunpoint.
‘Go-getter’ Brewery owner faces mounting medical bills while in an induced coma after contracting covid-19 Demo
Local master distiller and brewery owner, Peter Dickens (53), from Overstrand, Western Cape, was hospitalized on 24 July 2021, and remains in high...
Crowdfunding campaign brings hope to Pearl’s children after her tragic murder
To honour the life and memory of her friend, KT, has started a crowdfunding campaign to help cover the cost of Pearl’s children trauma counselling, as well as their education and living expenses for the foreseeable future.
Death and Resurrection: An exhibition to celebrate 20 years of an artists’ collective
Marking 20 years after the founding of the Keiskamma Project, the organisation is excited to announce that the iconic artworks created over the years will be exhibited at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg, a living museum that tells the story of South Africa’s hard-fought journey to democracy.
‘Go-getter’ Brewery owner faces mounting medical bills while in an induced coma after contracting covid-19
Peter Dickens, the owner of Folk & Goode Brewing Company, is on day 30 of an expected prolonged Private Mediclinic Hospital stay without Medical Aid Funding due to Coivd-19.
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