SmileFM Interview: NGOs are being zero-rated across networks, just not quickly enough
On SmileFM, DGMT’s Innovation Director, Dr Busisiwe Kabane-Bailey, welcomed Rain’s decision to zero-rate the digital content of 23 public benefit organisations, and urged other mobile network operators to accelerate implementation in line with their licence obligations. She highlighted DGMT’s Social Innovation Register, which streamlines applications to ICASA, and explained why timely rollout matters: every delay […]
MEDIA STATEMENT: Oversupply of liquor punishes the poor, not minimum unit pricing
Recent comments by the South African Breweries (SAB) CEO Richard Rivett-Carnac, reported in Business Day, that minimum unit pricing will punish the poor and turbocharge the illicit market, harming both the industry and public safety, must be challenged by fact. The fact is that the legal liquor industry is a major contributor to injury, disease […]
ENCA Interview: Young people are ready to do work for the common good on Mandela Day, and every other day
On Mandela Day, DGMT called for more than symbolic gestures. With youth unemployment soaring and millions not in education or training, South Africa faces a deepening social crisis. Bridget Hannah, Innovation Director at DGMT, spoke to ENCA about why creating meaningful work, especially work for the common good, is essential to rebuilding social cohesion and […]
Smile FM Interview: Giving babies a better start through maternal nutrition
Liezel Engelbrecht, Nutrition Strategy Lead for the Hold My Hand Accelerator at DGMT, spoke to Smile FM to unpack a new pilot in the Western Cape tackling one of South Africa’s silent crises: childhood stunting. With more than a quarter of children under five affected, the pilot focuses on improving maternal nutrition as a first […]
DGMT appoints a new Deputy CEO
DGMT has appointed Kentse Radebe as its new Deputy CEO. Kentse previously headed DGMT’s work towards the goal of keeping All Children on Track by Grade 4. Before joining DGMT, she was the Project Manager for Systems Innovation at the Bertha Centre and her academic background is in Sociology and Organisational Psychology. She is also a […]
Step up to make the vaccination programme happen
Doomsayers thrive in times of uncertainty, playing on our primal fears of what may be lurking just around the corner. They caricature the efforts of those working on the jigsaw puzzles of the future, pretending that the pieces are all there if you just look hard enough. They resort to ad hominem insults and pounce […]
Founding trustee retires after 33 years of service
By Ilidia de Sousa who worked with Jeremy during all his years of service Jeremy Ractliffe, founder trustee of the DG Murray Trust (DGMT) since 1979, retired on 6 March 2012 after 33 years of service. Jeremy also served as chairperson of the Trust from August 2007 to June 2011. Jeremy’s financial and managerial skills […]
Public Benefit Organisations – Are you liable for Tax? Yes it is possible…..
Every Public Benefit Organisation (PBO) (registered as such with the South African Receiver of Revenue (SARS)) is exempt from the payment of income tax. There is, however, a misunderstanding of this concept, by PBO’s, due to the fact that there are certain circumstances where a PBO will be liable for income tax. A PBO can […]