Tuesday, July 11, 2006

allAfrica.com: South Africa: Philanthropy is Alive in SA -- Now Let's Make It Thrive

allAfrica.com: South Africa: Philanthropy is Alive in SA -- Now Let's Make It Thrive: "South Africa: Philanthropy is Alive in SA -- Now Let's Make It Thrive

Business Day (Johannesburg)

July 8, 2006
Posted to the web July 10, 2006

TAMLYN STEWART
Johannesburg

THE world's two richest men have joined forces in a philanthropic effort to support education and fight disease and poverty.

Local philanthropists will be hard-pressed to come close to matching the sums of money they will spend in SA. Besides, philanthropy does not seem to be very fashionable in SA: the new rich seem more intent on getting a Louis Vuitton bag and the right pair of matching shoes."

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