Video: SaveAct celebrates local farming innovation

Video: SaveAct celebrates local farming innovation

Celebrating International Farmer Innovation Day! SaveAct was pleased to celebrate International Farmer Innovation Day on 29 November this year. Marked annually since 2012 under the auspices of the international Prolinnova network, the day raises awareness about the...
Farming support for women and youth

Farming support for women and youth

SaveAct hosted a visit to KwaZulu-Natal by two staff members of Praekelt.org Pippa Yeats and Luke Shankland. The delegation visited two sites: Nzinga village in Impendle where they witnessed a meeting of the Inamandla Savings Group; and Centocow, where they visited a...
Disability: How can we be more inclusive?

Disability: How can we be more inclusive?

Feedback from the recent SaveAct Annual Partners’ Meeting held in Pietermaritzburg suggested that participants found the issue of disability and how to facilitate greater inclusion of disabled people in savings group to be among some of the most interesting items...
Annual Partners’ Meeting: September 2016

Annual Partners’ Meeting: September 2016

SaveAct held its 4th Annual Partners’ Meeting over four days this week in Pietermaritzburg under the theme: “Programme strengthening, partnership building, enhancing impact”. We were pleased to have a record number of 55 participants from a number of organisations...
Video: Women smallholder farmers in South Africa

Video: Women smallholder farmers in South Africa

National Women’s Month is drawing to a close, but the strides being made by female members of SaveAct groups are set to continue. This short video captures, in their own words, some of the impressive achievements of two enterprising smallholder women farmers who have...