Article: Community trusts are greening the future
Community trusts linked to renewable energy projects are designed to ensure a portion of profits benefits the locals. Otsile Bokamoso is an after-school educational organisation whose name means “The future is bright”. Based in Dealesville, a small mixed-farming town in Free State province, it provides academic support to learners in the foundation phase (grades one […]
Four things we can do to tackle Cape Town’s waste problem
Nationally, waste removal services are unequal depending on where you live. It’s not surprising that suburbs and wealthier areas benefit more from regular waste removal than informal settlements and outlying areas. In Cape Town, with a growing population, the municipality is looking to address its own waste management problems head-on with a new strategy. The […]
Hands-on Learning Issue 27
Through the newly rebranded edition of our Hands-on Learning publication developed in June 2023, we hope to play a helpful role in synthesising information from innovators and implementers in civil society, supporting them to share what they have learnt so that others can draw from and build on their experiences. Putting children first: What can […]
Learning Brief – Productive communities
DGMT’s investment in agroecology seeks to respond to malnutrition, youth unemployment and food insecurity at the household level in a given community. We are interested in learning from civil society organisations (CSOs) focused on building sustainable local food systems, while enabling the transfer of skills and knowledge about agroecological farming practices and entrepreneurship. This brief […]
Using incentives for change
The Learning Lunch podcast explores ideas, approaches and social innovations – creating opportunity for non-profit organisations’ teams to discover what others are learning and space to reflect on what these insights might mean for their own strategy and programme implementation. Download takeaway instructions Social and economic incentives are powerful tools to motivate and influence […]
Cape Talk Interview: The ‘Zero Waste’ Campaign
Keith Roman, from the Zero Waste Association of South Africa, stresses the importance of responsible waste management practices and his involvement in the ‘Create Change’ campaign with DGMT.
What will it take to build a collective response to South Africa’s waste problem?
The last resort in any waste hierarchy is landfill or incineration, yet most of South Africa’s waste ends up in dumps, if not strewn across open spaces or littering our streams and oceans. It’s a problem that requires systemic change and individual-level action. Addressing South Africa’s waste problem needs joint effort from all of us, […]
Op-ed: SA needs to put our waste in the ‘proper’ place, reduce the production and extend its value
There is no ‘away’ to send our waste to. If it’s not biodegradable and it’s not being recycled, re-used or converted into energy (and most of it isn’t), then it goes to landfill or becomes litter. In 1987, a barge carrying over three thousand tonnes of trash destined for North Carolina from New York became a floating […]
Newzroom Afrika Interview: Introducing DGMT’s Change Ideas initiative
Change Ideas: Public policies to change our world DGMT’s new initiative, Change Ideas, through policy briefs, advocacy and engagements with decision-makers and the public, aims to address issues facing South Africa, delve into their root causes, leverage proven research (both locally and internationally) and propose practical solutions that are readily scalable. Change Ideas brings together […]
SABC News Interview: DGMT’s Change Ideas initiative – An introduction
Change Ideas: Public policies to change our world DGMT’s new initiative, Change Ideas, through policy briefs, advocacy and engagements with decision-makers and the public, aims to address issues facing South Africa, delve into their root causes, leverage proven research (both locally and internationally) and propose practical solutions that are readily scalable. Change Ideas brings together […]
