KZN-based non-profit, Trulife, is taking a public stand against gender-based violence with their “WeSeeYou” awareness campaign – where runners across the world have signed up to complete 100 kilometers in 10 days. Now in its second year running, the campaign will launch on Human Rights Day – the 21st of March. The aim is to […]
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Running 160km, Nontuthuko hopes to provide 500 Pairs of Shoes to Rural children who walk to school.
But it’s not about personal achievement or conquering the ultra-running world for Mgabhi. Her mission is much closer to home and about bettering the lives of rural schoolchildren in South Africa. Through her various athletic adventures, including becoming the First Female from Africa to run 7 marathons on 7 Continents in 7 Consecutive Days, Mgabhi […]
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Boomtown’s interns design new CI for Ubomi
Boomtown’s design interns for 2021 – members of its highly-successful BAYEZA Graduate Programme – have designed the new corporate identity for the Ubomi Foundation, an Eastern Cape NGO. Explaining the new design, the agency’s design group head, Jesse Sharkie, who worked alongside interns Afra Chinamasa, Tameron Karelse and Temba Mkosi, said that the fact that […]
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Ultimate Braai Master and Doorway to Dignity team up for homeless
On the 9th of October, ahead of International Homeless Day on the 10th of October, Doorway to Dignity is bringing its annual Pots of Hope initiative to the destitute and homeless of Cape Town, Johannesburg, Sodwana Bay and Pietermaritzburg. The partnership between Ultimate Braai Master contestants and sponsors, and Doorway to Dignity will bring an […]
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Boomtown encourages inclusion of ‘marketing for good’ elements in client campaigns
Boomtown, the agency behind the recent Stellenbosch University identity redesign, is actively encouraging its clients to rewrite their consumer communication strategies to include marketing for good elements. Most recently (June 2021), the agency assisted client National Glass draw attention to the gun violence that is wrecking communities in Gqeberha’s Northern Areas with its ‘The Last […]
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Boomtown assists National Glass to launch CSI initiative
Nelson Mandela Bay creative agency, Boomtown, has assisted National Glass in launching a corporate social initiative specifically targeting the youth in Gqeberha’s Northern Areas. The safety of communities in the Northern Areas is threatened daily by violent behaviour driven by socio-economic factors, including a high unemployment rate. As the first step in its CSI commitment, […]
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#EskortCares campaign raises funds for Children’s Homes
To raise funds for two children’s homes in Heidelberg, Eskort collaborated with Saronsberg Cellar and artist Sam Nhlengethwa in an initiative aptly named Liberi. The Latin word for children, Liberi was launched in July 2020. A unique collector’s Liberi 2018 Bordeaux blend was created by Saronsberg Cellar and the labels showcased six of Nhlengethwa’s art […]
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You can help media industry professionals in need
Times are tough, more so than usual. Colleagues we know in our industry have fallen on tremendously difficult times. It’s been both mentally and financially painful. The Advertising Benevolent Fund (ABF) is a fund designed to be serving the advertising industry, supporting these very people in need. But we need your support before we can […]
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The Nahana Foundation supports children
35 tons of food, essential household items, sanitisers and masks – equivalent to 1 800 care parcels – were delivered to more than 3 800 orphaned and vulnerable children and their caregivers in Ga-Dikgale to coincide with #MandelaDay2020. Spearheading the distribution was the Nahana Foundation and Aluwani, which itself supports the community throughout the year. Critically, it […]
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The Advertising Benevolent Fund needs your help
Who is the Advertising Benevolent Fund (ABF) you may ask? The ABF has grown out of the need to grant short term financial assistance to those associated with the business of advertising who find themselves in extreme difficulties through illness, accident, loss of support of the breadwinner, and unemployment. Well, you may think, there are […]
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