Impact SA

KFC Africa has launched its inaugural Impact Report, “Impact, Served Daily”, showcasing the social and economic impact created in 2025 across 1,573 restaurants in 22 sub-Saharan countries. In 2025, KFC Africa supported 40,000-plus employees, served 35.5 million meals through Add Hope, and gave 119,926 children the opportunity to play through KFC Mini-Cricket.

Super Sun and Big Save have handed over a cheque of R115 000 to the Thandanani Drop-Inn Centre; celebrating the close-out of the 2025 Super Sun Super Together purpose-led campaign. The money – raised with the community for the community – will be invested in a toilet paper manufacturing machine, building community skills and generating income for the NPO to make it more sustainable.

By Ray-Ann Sedres, Head: Sanlam Foundation South Africa’s economy is buoyed by two dynamic forces: the innovative spirit of small businesses and the thriving tourism sector. Township entrepreneurs – running spaza shops, hawker stalls, and other SMMEs – are the lifeblood of local economies, injecting R900 billion into the economy. Yet, many struggle to access capital due to high-interest loans and rigid lending criteria.

By Jedrie Harmse, Farmer’s Weekly Sasol, through its Bridge to Work programme, hosted a farmers’ day in Mpumalanga on 11 June, bringing together emerging producers, industry stakeholders, and government representatives to support the development of sustainable farming enterprises. The farmers’ day attracted between 150 and 200 Sasol-supported farmers from Mpumalanga, the Free State, and Gauteng.

Hollard has donated R1 200 000 to the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) and the Prostate Cancer Foundation, with every rand raised by the purple speedo-clad heroes who took part in the 2025 Daredevil Run. At the same event, the 2026 campaign was officially launched and South African men will be called upon to lace up, strip down and do it all again! Seventeen years in and the Hollard Daredevil Run shows no signs of putting its trousers back on.

By Christina Kennedy, Flow Communications senior writer and editor With so many deserving causes in the world, it’s hard for development agencies and non-profits to cut through the information clutter and get their message across. But between the manipulative AI-generated slop on social media and ineffective “pity poverty” campaigns, there is a happy medium: emotive storytelling that grabs attention and delivers results.

For Bafana Manyisa, strength doesn’t look the way most men are taught it should. It’s not toughness or stoicism or an unshakeable composure. Strength, he says, looks like sitting with a patient who needs reassurance. It looks like supporting a new overwhelmed father navigating the parenting journey for the first time. It looks like simply being present for your family when they need you most.

Thursday’s event marks the official start of a long-term grassroots football project, turning Soweto’s support for the national team into a powerful moment of pride, purpose and possibility. JOHANNESBURG, 11 June 2026. Thursday marked a landmark day for grassroots football in Soweto as Hisense South Africa officially launched the development of a new community soccer pitch, using the moment to send a powerful message of support from the community to Bafana Bafana.

By Suzan Mususumeli Ramudzuli, Social Investment Specialist at Tshikululu Social Investments Youth Month is a time to reflect on the aspirations, opportunities, and future of our youth. In June, we celebrate progress, acknowledge challenges, and consider what must be done to ensure that young people realise their full potential.

On 16 June 1976, thousands of students marched towards Orlando Stadium in Soweto as part of a peaceful protest against inequities in the education system. Among them were young South Africans such as Hector Pietersen, Antoinette Sithole, Cathren Mthenjane, and Joyce Dipale, individuals whose courage continues to shape the country’s journey.