Makana’s senior management and other stakeholders are stepping into the breach as some Makhanda residents face a second week without water. An unofficial go-slow is the reason some parts of town have had dry taps since last week. The…
Every pupil went back home carrying food parcels, study materials and school bags donated by Gift of the Givers at an event held recently at Alexandria High School. In response to the water crisis, Gift of the Givers also donated a JoJo…
After sleeping on a couch for 18 years of her life, Nosiphiwo Mgadi, who is disabled, had her life changed by Gift of the Givers’ intervention on March 23, when they donated a wheelchair and a new bed to sleep on. The 18-year-old woman is…
While the Gift of the Givers team was deeply honoured by the social media call for it to be nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, the love and acceptance from South Africans was the only award of real value the humanitarian aid group…
Gift of the Givers (GOTG) visited Port Alfred Hospital and Marjorie Parrish TB Hospital last Wednesday to donate continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines for Covid-19 patients. Despite having a reduction in admission of…
Gift of the Givers intervention in the Eastern Cape continues as the Covid-19 infection multiplies at a rapid rate. On a visit to Settlers Hospital in Makhanda on 30 November, Gift of the Givers promised to convert a disused wing into a…
Gift of the Givers plans to help the broader Port Alfred community too. Pleas from concerned Port Alfred residents to Gift of the Givers were too loud to be ignored and, as a result, on Monday afternoon the charitable organisation made…
Founder of humanitarian aid group Gift of the Givers Imtiaz Sooliman told TimesLIVE on Tuesday that he was surprised to learn that he had died. Like Mark Twain‚ news of Sooliman’s death was greatly exaggerated as rumours of his demise had…
The ongoing lockdown, now under risk-adjusted alert level three, has brought to the “public eye” the gravity of urban food insecurity ravaging millions of the urban poor and working class in South African townships and informal…
Areas and provinces that are considerably free of Covid-19 should resume full-scale economic activity once it has been deemed safe to do so in terms of the containment of minimal infection, suggests Gift of the Givers founder Dr Imtiaz…
By now we should all be aware of the relief work performed by Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) Gift of the Givers who arrived with three trucks and thousands of litres of water to help alleviate the water problems in Ndlambe. However,…
Gift of the Givers will on Monday deliver fodder to and source water for farmers in the drought-stricken town of Adelaide‚ in the Eastern Cape. “Fodder and water” was the overwhelming plea of commercial and emerging farmers‚ and the…
Following the fallout of a public spat between the Gift of the Givers (GoG), Makana Municipality and the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) over work the GoG had done to alleviate Makhanda’s (Grahamstown) water crisis since…
A stakeholder engagement meeting convened by the Eastern Cape government on the water intervention in Makana Local Municipality has agreed that a consolidated report be produced by Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and the Gift of…
Makana Municipality released a statement today following the recent public announcement by Gift of the Givers regarding their interventions in Makhanda (Grahamstown) and surrounding areas and their intention to withdraw from the city. “We…
