KFC, South Africa’s biggest quick service restaurant brand, recently published a report explaining KFC’s success in Africa, outlining the many ways it involves both staff and customers in reaching out to the communities in which it operates.

When times are tough companies cut budgets, especially in their marketing and CSI spend. So it came as quite a surprise to learn that Transnet will be doubling its CSI budget to a massive R175 million. So where will this money go? Not on a gravy train we hope.

What do most South Africans have daily access to? Cellphones. What do many more not have access to? Employment.  Could the one be used to help alleviate the other? Txteagle (www.txteagle.com) seems to think so. In fact they call it “ empowering the largest knowledge workforce on earth”. 

Here’s something we don’t hear often – the UN awarding one of South Africa’s provincial health departments for the exceptional work it is doing in the fight against TB. So what made them sit up and take notice? Two things really.