What we’ve learnt about power and trust in South African philanthropy
The Sukuthula! Project, co-funded by DGMT, explores trust-based philanthropy, an approach to social innovation that addresses the inherent power imbalances between funders, implementing partners and the communities they serve. In essence, trust-based philanthropy turns the traditional funding model on it’s head. Instead of linking funding to narrow, pre-set deliverables and often complex compliance demands, it […]
SAFM Interview: Pregnant, self-employed and unprotected
Across South Africa, more than 40% of the country’s 1.9 million self-employed informal workers are women, yet they remain invisible in the eyes of the law. If you are pregnant and selling food in a township market, or running a small business to keep your household afloat, you are excluded from maternity benefits that formal […]