Rizwana Bawa, F/NE For Good's Strategic Lead, writes about hope, during a time in South Africa when the state is unable to make things better; and how we need active citizenship, now more than ever.

Despite the important role that NGOs play in our country’s social justice agenda, their achievements do not get enough attention because they do not know how to tell their stories while they fight for a shrinking funding pool.

F/NE For Good strategically supports NGO’s to re-think community engagement in a COVID-19 world.

Mandi Fine of strategic communications consultancy, F/ne Group Global, recently published an article on corporates needing to rethink CSI, talking to the need to change their approach from treating it as a tick-box exercise to entrenching it into their business models and future business plans.

Painting classrooms and box ticking charitable endeavours are fast becoming a thing of the past. Instead, it’s time for corporate social investment (CSI) to take its place in the boardroom and for companies to see it as an integral part of their future business plans.