We wish you all a Happy Christmas and New Year and hope during this madly busy time that you will find a quiet, wild and natural place to sit peacefully and draw breath. We certainly need this at the Foundation after a very busy year with great outcomes and several exciting future plans for 2012. We will [...]
It is with great sadness that we bring you news of the recent passing of our beloved Chairman, Derek Jacobs. Derek Jacobs M.A. (Oxon.) was a South African born businessman. He received his BA from Rhodes in 1965 and went on to enjoy a prestigous career leading businesses to success in senior roles, including MD [...]
I have just returned from South Africa working on a variety of our initiatives over a few days. All have struck a very serious and disturbing chord: the need for humans to be sorted out in terms of basic needs like food, employment, health, shelter – before we can even start to expect an interest [...]
I have been following the tragedy of the oil spill in the Mexican Gulf with growing frustration. The pursuit of oil seems destined to not go away as we needto keep using non-renewables for the time being, and we squabble over the dilemmas associated with the perils versus the benefits of renewables, as well as [...]
There is something good about coming to the end of a busy year with the prospect of a fresh one over the horizon. It gives us time to set new goals and start afresh with new initiatives. I would like to thank everyone for their continued support and encouragement. After all, your commitment enables us [...]
Nature works in a series of cycles such as the inevitability of waves rising and falling in the ocean. Life may have felt the same for many of you, over the past year, with ups and downs on lots of levels. It has been tough for people across the globe. However, the end of a [...]
