Financial knowledge and saving have made it possible for Zinhle Ntsele (29) to pursue her dream to become a teacher. Ntsele (29) lives with her husband, child and other family members in Mdwebu near Estcourt. Since joining a savings group in her area in 2015, she has...

When Gugu Ngubane joined a savings group in January 2018, her goal was to finish building her house. She achieved that — and more. Ngubane (35) is a single mother of three who works as a security guard at her local community centre in Msinga. She started building a...

There are roads that lead to rural communities living far off the grid. Roads that are rarely travelled. The road to Witbank is like that. I travel it in the course of my work as a SaveAct field officer, and it’s too uncomfortable. The landscape is vast, flat, barren...

“Anything is possible.” That’s Sphilile Nxumalo’s optimistic outlook, two years after joining a savings group. It wasn’t always like that. In 2017 she was a 27-year-old mother of three from Estcourt who was studying for a Bachelor of Accounting degree at the...

Noluthando Simazi was working in Cape Town when she had a stroke. She returned home unable to continue working. Community Disability Worker Nosakhiwo Blayi found her at home where she was feeling quite hopeless. She was not accessing any rehab services and was reliant...

Zandile Dumakude wanted to be a nurse but she never made it to high school. Her parents were against girls going to school, and she was forced to leave in grade 7. In January last year, she made a decision shaped by this life-changing event. She joined a savings group...

“Some donors were asking for more impact evaluation, but we didn’t have a way of measuring it on a regular basis.” That’s SaveAct contracts manager Isabel Arzeno, explaining part of the reason why the organisation has started using a tool called Poverty Stoplight...

This month SaveAct says goodbye to our most recent international volunteer, Robert Ungethuem, who will be finishing his second stint with us. In recent years, SaveAct has benefited greatly from the skills shared by post-graduates from Germany, Italy, Belgium and...

SaveAct has three new trustees. Sazile Mtshali has joined our main Board of Trustees, while Michel Hanouch and Paula Nimpuno have joined the new Board of Trustees for Gauteng. Marcel Jakubec, a member of our main board, and Anton Krone are also members of the Gauteng...

Zandile Dumakude wanted to be a nurse but she never made it to high school. Her parents were against girls going to school and she was forced to leave in grade 7. Married with four children, Zandile (47) lives in Msinga and works as a cleaner, earning R1 500 a month....

SaveAct participated in a weekend event in Soweto hosted by African Financial Inclusion Network, Positive Planet International and partners. Held at Walter Sisulu Square in Kliptown, the theme of the event was financial inclusion of youth, and it was part of Global...

SaveAct programme manager Nolufefe Nonjeke-Dlanjwa was a speaker at the first SADC Gender Workshop, held in Johannesburg on March 28-29. The gathering brought together different stakeholders that work with the Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) network, to share...