Community

Irish builders making school dream come true

Forty one Irish volunteer builders are rapidly turning an ambitious community upliftment dream into a reality in the impoverished, shackland township of Missionvale, Port Elizabeth. “It’s a miracle”, said Missionvale Care Centre Academy principal Pastor Russel Viljoen as the industrious Irishmen — seemingly oblivious to a relentless heatwave in PE […]

Romance, beauty and tears…

[notice]The second part of a 2-part introductory article by Anna Heydenrych whose column will be published fortnightly in Gateway News[/notice] The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller Last week, I introduced the notion that […]

Time for a talk

[notice]The first in a new fortnightly column by Anna Heydenrych[/notice] “May the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.” Psalms 19 vs 14 The other day, over a quick cup of coffee during my lunch break, […]

God’s favour behind changes in SA financial landscape

A decade ago the critical shortage of chartered accountants in South Africa and the embarrassingly small number of black chartered accountants, looked like insurmountable problems. But since then a multi-dimensional educational initiative called Thutukha has begun to reshape the accounting landscape of South Africa. And the architect of Thutuka, Chantyl […]