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The United Nations awarded six global environmental leaders with the Champions of the Earth award at a global biological diversity conference which was held in Cancún, Mexico. The award acknowledges figures from the public and private sectors as well as those from civil society who have had a significant and positive impact on the environment.

On 12 November, The Great Pillow Fight took place at the College of Cape Town, Crawford Campus in Athlone.

On 3 November, the official handover of the Conlog (Pty) Ltd's investment of a state of the art science laboratory took place at Asibemunye High School in Howick, Kwazulu-Natal.

The Men's Foundation held two 'shave-offs' in Durban to officially mark the start of Movember in South Africa. For more than a decade and in 21 countries, men have been growing out their facial hair to raise awareness and funds for men's health during the month of November.

On Friday, 28 October, the St Cyprian's School and Personal Trust hosted their fundraising Golf Day event at King David Mowbray Golf Club. The event saw sponsors, golfers and members of the school community enjoy a fun-filled golfing and prize-giving day.

Call 2 Care, a non-profit volunteer organisation, hosted their monthly Pain& Sip event in Loop Street, Cape Town on 7 October.

In March 2016, Beauty Without Cruelty called for the end of hen suffering by committing to a petition for a cage-free policy to be adopted by Mcdonalds SA. United Front 4 Animals (UFA), OWL, South African Faith Communities' Environment Institute (SAFCEI) and Animal Voice, the official South African representative of Compassion in World Farming, added their voices to the campaign. The Mcdonalds franchises based in the US and Canada have already begun to phase out battery-cage use in their supply chain enterprises which have been beneficial to the hens that produce eggs for their consumers. Mcdonalds SA is yet to adopt this policy....

The Kluk CGDT Sunflower Event was held last night; 29 Septmber.

The Soul City Institute, a social justice communications organisation, in its new incarnation, will address social issues and how they affect young woman and girls who have been identified as an at-risk population group.

The Milpark Education staff recently raised funds for the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital paediatric ICU, the largest ICY for children in Africa. The private higher education donated a total of R20,000 to the appeal for donations, with Julian van der Westhuizen, Milpark Education CEO, matching this amount.

To commemorate the 67 years of Mandela's life spent fighting for equality, The SASKO team joined many South Africans on Monday 18 July 2016 in donating 67 minutes of their time to help others. The SASKO team mobilised their head office and all 12 of their bakeries across the country with one purpose in mind: To yield their butter knives while making sandwiches and share the goodness in honour of Nelson Mandela. The bakeries spent the morning spreading joy with the SASKO bread truck delivering lunch, on what also marked day one of the new term at primary schools - where poverty and hunger is still a big problem in education. More than 16,000 sandwiches were distributed from 21 SASKO depots around the country and participating bakeries delivered to Early Childhood Development Centres and Churches in their surrounding communities....

The Reach For A Dream Foundation, together with Wimpy and Pick n Pay, launched Slipper Day at Wimpy, Mall of Africa. Children were entertained at a fun-filled morning with breakfast, clowns and an assortment of enchanted castle and dragon cakes.

Grade R learners at Ellerton Primary School in Three Anchor Bay were excited to receive a donation of a brand new carpet for their classroom from local business Florstore OnTrend last week.

Thales partnered with The Community Chest of the Western Cape to award bursaries to six learners studying towards mathematics, science and technology related degrees.

In September 2015, SASKO launched its SASKO Siyasizana Daycare Project to assist daycares in Tembisa in receiving much-needed items for their facilities. In five months, 350 participating daycares collected 300,000 SASKO bread bags. To acknowledge their hard work and perseverance, SASKO awarded 1,385 prizes at the first Prize Giving on 10 March 2016.