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Media statement: Helping Hand celebrates Mother Language Day with stories of Afrikaans heroes at Laerskool Louis Leipoldt
Media release: Prospective Aurora entrepreneurs awarded certificates after entrepreneur training
Media Statement: Solidarity Helping Hand Bothaville announces first recipients of its community bursary
Helping Hand in the Media
Rain puts damper on Toy Run target
21 February 2012
By Alan Straton
On 15 February 2012, at a function held at the Midnight Motorcycle Club, R156 000.00 was handed over to charities as part of the Port Elizabeth leg of the annual Toy Run, a non-profit charity event. Read more…
BULLETIN 03 Feb 2012 Bladsy 9
A company can open its doors to the public and either die a silent death or steadily build itself up to boast a respectable dient base. Or it can completely take the community by storm with its exceptional service, impeccable reputation and quality products. This is what Letaba Alarms has done in the mere half decade it has protected Tzaneen and its inhabitants from crime and catastrophe. Read more…
Plea from Helping Hand for needy school children
BUGLE REGIONAL LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE, THE 13 Jan 2012 Page 9
The first day of school is a big challenge for most new Grade One pupils and many a tear is shed when their moms and dads wave them goodbye. For an underprivileged child who doesn’t have a schoolbag or the necessary school stationery, the first day of school is even more daunting. Read more…
All set for Chelmsford Challenge
At this year’s Chelmsford Challenge, Reino von Wielligh will swim for a charity project by Solidarity Helping Hands.
11 January 2012 | Bruce Douglas – Look Local
Giving back to his community. Read more…
The Times 12 December 2011 p1-2
By RETHA GROBBELAAR and SIPHO MASOMBUKA
Aurora miners forced to beg for their children while mining bosses avoid inquiry
DESPERATE Aurora miners, facing their third black Christmas, are circulating a letter in which they plead for food and clothes — they allege that the company’s directors have used “delaying tactics” to avoid paying them. Read more…
Bleak Christmas for Aurora miners
Times LIVE 12 Dec 2011
RETHA GROBBELAAR and SIPHO MASOMBUKA | 2011-12-11
Desperate Aurora miners, facing their third black Christmas, are circulating a letter in which they plead for food and clothes – they allege that the company’s directors have used “delaying tactics” to avoid paying them.
“We [will have] a black Christmas for [the third time] this year: without food, clothes, toys or school uniforms. So we are please asking you to help us with whatever you’ve got,” reads a letter written on behalf of the 43 miners who still live at the stripped Grootvlei Mine, in Springs, on the East Rand. Read more…
Helping Hands’ web portal helps Afrikaans-speaking job seekers
bizcommunity.com 5 December 2011
Solidarity’s Helping Hands’ online job portal, Werknet.co.za, is to provide a service to Afrikaans-speaking employers who want to advertise jobs as of this week. Werknet.co.za is a free portal for Afrikaans-speaking job seekers and was launched in May 2011.
Since the launch of Werknet.co.za in May, more than 3000 job seekers have registered their CVs and the number is growing by almost 150 CVs a week. In response to the need for employers to post job ads in Afrikaans as well, Werknet.co.za was developed further to cater for employers. Read more…
Job portal for Afrikaans employers
it-online.co.za 1 December 2011
Solidarity Helping Hand’s online job portal, werknet.co.za, will be providing a unique service to Afrikaans employers who want to advertise Afrikaans jobs as of this week. Werknet.co.za is a free, Afrikaans job portal for jobseekers that was launched in May 2011.
Get It! (Pretoria) December 2011 p11-13
By Ann Baker. Photo: Ilani Vonk
To some people, she will always
be Karin Edwards, the on-screen
wife of Egoli’s Stephen Edwards. Read more…
Angelique lends a hand to kids
Springs Advertiser 16 November 2011 – p4
A group of Grade R learners from Kleintreetjies Nursery School in Booysens, Pretoria recently celebrated love with popular actress Angelique Gerber, who became famous for playing Clara from Bucarest in the television soap 7de Laan and as the presenter of Boer soek ʼn vrou. The boys decorated sheep with wool and the girls cut out hearts and exchanged them among themselves. However, the event was also a reminder that a schoolbag for a needy Grade One pupil is a gift of love that lasts the whole year.
