Did you hear about period poverty? What is period poverty? Who does it affect and what can we do to help? In South Africa, there are thousands of young females who are forced to stay at home when they are on their menstrual cycle. This is due to the lack of financial resources to purchase…
St Matthew’s School Soweto’s Thabang ka Mmino music project is a project aimed at enriching students musically. The music project and Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO) are now in partnership in terms of all the fundraising events/performances that the children will do. This partnership will also see the JPO offering 8 Tutors, who will be working…
For the love of Douglasdale, Susan Mottram and team will be cleaning up Douglas Drive from the intersection of Crawford Drive on Saturday, 9 November between 9am and 12 noon. If you would like to join them, please bring brooms, rakes and/or spades to help us get the job done. Don’t forget your sun hat,…
Riversands Outlet Park World-class Showroom & Warehouse spaces to let Century Property Developments is proud to announce the launch of Riversands Outlet Park. This new commercial park offers premium office, showroom, warehouse and light industrial spaces to clients looking to make an iconic brand statement and find the ideal home for their business. Located in Riversands…
Carolyn Penny (my wife) posted this to the I Love Fourways Group this morning and feel that it needed to be made public. Thank you all for the overwhelming responses. Here it is… Please excuse the long post, I have had another of my ILF sleepless nights. I usually lie awake mulling over the immediate…
A volunteer clean-up took place today at Lonehill Dam and wetland in Fourways, Johannesburg. Around Lone Hill – the koppie – is a little piece of conserved nature – a remnant of what this part of the world looked like before development. The small dam nearby is a popular walking spot for local residents. ARMOUR…
Please take note that as of today, Woolworths are no longer supplying plastic bags! YAY! This is a wonderful announcement and a marvelous step forward in helping reduce plastic! They are starting the roll out today so it appears whichever stores still have bags are using up the last of their stock. PLEASE remember to…
COMMUNITY SHELVES AVAILABLE TO ALL RESIDENTS: In our cash strapped economy, Residents of South Africa are currently stretched to the limit and while many people have natural or inherent talents to create goods for extra income, they don’t have the capacity or funds to rent retail space in order to display, market & sell their extraordinary…
Following the endless smash and grabs and hijacking hot spots, the other major concern that the community fears is the rising attack on cyclists!!! It is heart breaking to say the least that what was once ones peace, sanity and daily pressure breakaway has now almost become a fear for ones life and “dare I…
South African women are a force to be reckoned with. Just look at how the 20 000 women who marched against pass laws on 9 August 1956 helped to change the course of history; or how Advocate Thuli Madonsela, as then Public Protector, took a stand against forces far greater than herself in her quest to…
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