by Mihle Mapoma | Nov 28, 2024 | News
SaveAct facilitates the formation of savings groups in communities as a simple but effective tool to fight poverty, as a foundation for building sustainable livelihoods, and as a means to empower women and other vulnerable groups. Between 2019 and 2022, SaveAct...
by Mihle Mapoma | Oct 1, 2024 | News
Taking place every two years, the Adaptation Network Colloquium is an opportunity to bring different kinds of people together! Penelope Price, coordinator of the event, said the colloquium provides a platform for academic members to present their research and for...
by Mihle Mapoma | Jun 25, 2024 | News
When Lindelwa Ndwalane joined a savings group in 2021 she was in dire straits. “It was really bad. I was in debt. Actually, I was in liquidation,” she says. “It was an ugly time because I had no sense of needing to save or budget or anything like that. I didn’t have a...
by Mihle Mapoma | May 22, 2024 | News
After losing her job in Johannesburg in 2019, Themi Mzindle came back home and challenged herself to start doing something new. She planted two rows of cabbages in her garden. She sold the 20 cabbages to neighbours and this encouraged her to grow other vegetables....
by Mihle Mapoma | Apr 22, 2024 | News
Prudence Mgasheni joined SaveAct in 2019. At the time, she already had a tuckshop, and she started another at the beginning of 2023, using her share-out from 2022 to build and stock it. Her journey as a businessperson has had its ups and downs and she has learned that...
