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The first time Happiness Gutshwa picked up a soccer ball, she held her future in her hands. Not that she knew it at the time. Just 11 years old, she couldn’t have imagined how far the sport would take her. At first she played with anyone willing to join. It was only as she got older that Gutshwa noticed the gender bias on the field. But this has only served to motivate her further. Despite the fact that men still get the lion’s share of sporting coverage and support, Gutshwa is determined to make a difference with Khayelitsha’s first women’s club. Read Happiness Gutshwa's full story...

The seventh annual 5 For Change Black Tie Gala debuted in Joburg on 27 October. The event raised funds and awareness for five social enterprise beneficiares: Dlala Nje, Olico Maths Education, Hustlenomics, CRSP Dsgn and enke: Make Your Mark. Read more about the event here.

Annelissa Mhloli wanted to try her hand at catching a wave. But the sport made her conscious of her weight. Mhloli was afraid she wasn’t like the other surfers. “I saw that a lot of them were in great shape,” she says. “That was a setback for me because I felt as if I wasn’t going to fit in.” Stereotypes of what plus-size women can and can’t do invaded Mhloli’s mind, threatening to hold her back. Then she got offered her dream job. The only snag? It involved surfing....

Check out some images from the from the second SheSays Cape Town event which took place on 23 August 2018 at GetSmarter's offices.

Qhubeka, Tsogo Sun, and the City of Johannesburg donated 40 bicycles to the staff of Diepsloot Safe-Hub on 26 June 2018. The bicycles will help the staff in their efforts to build the Safe-Hub programme in the area by travelling further, faster, and at no cost.

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The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) and the Nelson Mandela Foundation recently brought the Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) to Johannesburg, South Africa to mark the 100th anniversary of the former president's birth.

The first instalment of the 2018 Top Women Conferences was held on 15 March 2018 at the Crystal Towers Hotel in Cape Town. These conferences are aimed at responding to the pertinent questions surrounding the barriers to success for women entrepreneurs, with a showcase of some of South Africa's most influential business achievers.

The Shoprite Group has employed 550 deaf and hard-of-hearing South Africans. This makes it the first time some of the new employees have been in a working environment.

Schools, civic organisations, concerned citizens, and more than 80 Mrs Universe contestants participated in the global #OneVoice march against gender-based violence, child abuse and human trafficking in the streets of Durban on 30 August 2017.

Durban officially welcomed the international Mrs Universe contestants today, 25 August 2017. Women from more than 80 countries will compete for the Mrs Universe crown at Durban's Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre on 2 September 2017 after the city clinched the rights to host the activist-themed, global women empowerment event for the first time in Africa.

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

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.

In partnership with I'langa Mall and German development agency Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Kruger Lowveld Chamber of Business and Tourism (KLCBT) organised a CSI Expo in Nelspruit.