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The economic value of free books - DGMT
The economic value of free books - DGMT
The Learning Lunch podcast explores ideas, approaches and social innovations - creating opportunity for non-profit organisations' teams to discover what others are learning and space to reflect on what these insights might mean for their own strategy and programme implementation. Download takeaway instructions Owning books can change a child’s life trajectory. This is a profound
Lekker Liquor Law - YouTube
Lekker Liquor Law - YouTube
🍻 KNOW THE RULES. KEEP IT LEGAL. STAY LEKKER. LEKKER LIQUOR LAW: Your go-to channel for making sense of South Africa’s liquor laws — fast, fun, and fuss-free. 🎓 THIS IS AN EDUCATIONAL CHANNEL Helping liquor traders, community members, researchers, and policymakers understand how liquor laws really work. 💼 FOR TRADERS: Know the rules so your business stays compliant — and thrives. 🏘️ FOR COMMUNITIES: Understand your rights and have a real say in liquor licensing decisions, policies and laws. 🏛️ FOR REGULATORS & POLICYMAKERS: Promote compliance that protects the public while supporting responsible trade. 📚 FOR RESEARCHERS: Ground your work in a clear understanding of South Africa’s legal and policy framework. ⚖️ Each short video breaks down complex laws into plain language — towards a liquor industry that’s good for business and safe for communities. ✨ LIQUOR IS LEKKER — BUT IT MUST BE REGULATED IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
Maternal Support Grant: It’s social justice - DGMT
Maternal Support Grant: It’s social justice - DGMT
The Learning Lunch podcast explores ideas, approaches and social innovations - creating opportunity for non-profit organisations' teams to discover what others are learning and space to reflect on what these insights might mean for their own strategy and programme implementation. Download takeaway instructions What comes to mind when you hear the term ‘social protection’? For
MEDIA STATEMENT: Parliamentary debate on malnutrition must lead to action - DGMT
MEDIA STATEMENT: Parliamentary debate on malnutrition must lead to action - DGMT
A quarter of South Africa’s children fail to get out of the starting blocks to life, damaged by chronic malnutrition. Between 15 000 and 20 000 children experience severe episodes of acute malnutrition that lead to recurrent illness, hospitalisation and — for over a thousand a year — death. On Friday, 28 November, Parliament will
SmileFM Interview: Demand-led skilling rooted in local realities can unlock pathways out of youth unemployment - DGMT
SmileFM Interview: Demand-led skilling rooted in local realities can unlock pathways out of youth unemployment - DGMT
Following up on the op-ed published by the Sowetan, DGMT Innovation Manager, Smanga Mbili, spoke to SmileFM about how demand-led skilling rooted in local realities may play a critical role in addressing South Africa's youth unemployment landscape. .
Op-ed: What the ama2000s bring to South Africa’s ECD landscape - DGMT
Op-ed: What the ama2000s bring to South Africa’s ECD landscape - DGMT
"Ama2000” — South Africa’s version of Gen Z — is used to describe a generation perceived as rebellious and vocal. They are known for challenging authority. Yet, at a workshop in Freedom Park in Soweto, I witnessed something that defied these assumptions: young early childhood development (ECD) practitioners brimming with energy, ideas and a willingness
🎧 [LEARNING LUNCH]: The hidden dimensions of poverty - DGMT
🎧 [LEARNING LUNCH]: The hidden dimensions of poverty - DGMT
The Learning Lunch podcast explores ideas, approaches and social innovations - creating opportunity for non-profit organisations' teams to discover what others are learning and space to reflect on what these insights might mean for their own strategy and programme implementation. Download takeaway instructions Youth development practitioners often focus on the supply and demand side of
Op-ed: With a concerted push, the right domino effect will reduce stunting - DGMT
Op-ed: With a concerted push, the right domino effect will reduce stunting - DGMT
At the recent 7th Social Justice Summit in Cape Town, President Cyril Ramaphosa questioned why the rate of stunting is still so high in this ostensibly food-secure country. Stunting means that children are too short for their age due to poor nutrition and is linked to poor brain development. It limits their ability to learn
Hold My Hand Policy Brief: The case for a maternal support grant - DGMT
Hold My Hand Policy Brief: The case for a maternal support grant - DGMT
This policy brief presents the case for introducing a Maternal Support Grant (MSG) - a monthly cash transfer initiated in the second trimester of pregnancy and automatically transitioning to the Child Support Grant (CSG) after birth. The grant would fill a critical gap in South Africa’s social protection system, protect mothers during pregnancy, and improve
🎧 [LEARNING LUNCH]: The impact engine - DGMT
🎧 [LEARNING LUNCH]: The impact engine - DGMT
The Learning Lunch podcast explores ideas, approaches and social innovations - creating opportunity for non-profit organisations' teams to discover what others are learning and space to reflect on what these insights might mean for their own strategy and programme implementation. Download takeaway instructions Civil society organisations, particularly community-based organisations, are often on the frontlines of
The Perspectives Series: Turning development on its head - DGMT
The Perspectives Series: Turning development on its head - DGMT
Many of South Africa’s most pressing challenges are structural — but their impact is felt most deeply in people’s everyday lives. While reforms are often pursued at a national or provincial level, they don’t always translate into meaningful change for communities. What if transformation could also start from the ground up? “Place-based approaches” offer bottom-up,
MEDIA STATEMENT: DGMT takes the Northern Cape Provincial Government to court over liquor laws
MEDIA STATEMENT: DGMT takes the Northern Cape Provincial Government to court over liquor laws
In a case that highlights the central role that provinces play in protecting public health and safety, lawyers for DGMT are due to appear in the Northern Cape High Court in Kimberley on Thursday, 16 October 2025, to challenge the constitutionality of sections of the Northern Cape Gambling and Liquor Act of 2024. DGMT argues
Op-ed: The stepping stones that young people need to find work - DGMT
Op-ed: The stepping stones that young people need to find work - DGMT
If you’ve graduated with a degree that can land a job in finance, you are likely on a path to a stable and well-paying career. But if you are one of the nearly 4 million young people between the ages of 15 and 24 in South Africa who are unemployed, out of school or not
Op-ed: How pap and bread can help reduce hidden hunger - DGMT
Op-ed: How pap and bread can help reduce hidden hunger - DGMT
Imagine if every slice of bread and every plate of pap gave you the vitamins and minerals you needed. When South Africa’s fortification regulations came into effect in 2003, this was the idea behind it. Two of the country’s most common staples, maize meal and wheat flour (specifically bread flour), would carry a hidden bonus:
Civil society is showing how small-scale farming can benefit poor communities - DGMT
Civil society is showing how small-scale farming can benefit poor communities - DGMT
Op-ed: Give South Africa’s youngest a fair start before it’s too late - DGMT
Op-ed: Give South Africa’s youngest a fair start before it’s too late - DGMT
Zero rating: A bridge across the digital divide - DGMT
Zero rating: A bridge across the digital divide - DGMT
The Perspectives Series: Turning development on its head - DGMT
The Perspectives Series: Turning development on its head - DGMT
Many of South Africa’s most pressing challenges are structural — but their impact is felt most deeply in people’s everyday lives. While reforms are often pursued at a national or provincial level, they don’t always translate into meaningful change for communities. What if transformation could also start from the ground up? “Place-based approaches” offer bottom-up,
New data on the development status of South Africa’s preschoolers - DGMT
New data on the development status of South Africa’s preschoolers - DGMT
Findings Enrolled Children – Thrive by Five Index
Findings Enrolled Children – Thrive by Five Index
Op-ed: You can’t plant hope without nurturing its roots - DGMT
Op-ed: You can’t plant hope without nurturing its roots - DGMT
Western Cape Government launches ‘Khulisa Care’ to combat child stunting and improve maternal nutrition - DGMT
Western Cape Government launches ‘Khulisa Care’ to combat child stunting and improve maternal nutrition - DGMT
Op-ed: When will SA provide maternity protections to women in the informal economy? - DGMT
Op-ed: When will SA provide maternity protections to women in the informal economy? - DGMT
Western Cape Government launches ‘Khulisa Care’ to combat child stunting and improve maternal nutrition - DGMT
Western Cape Government launches ‘Khulisa Care’ to combat child stunting and improve maternal nutrition - DGMT
Op-ed: Take the liquor industry’s claims on pricing with a fistful of salt - DGMT
Op-ed: Take the liquor industry’s claims on pricing with a fistful of salt - DGMT
Alcohol — an ugly story, however you spin it
Alcohol — an ugly story, however you spin it
Op-ed: When will SA provide maternity protections to women in the informal economy? - DGMT
Op-ed: When will SA provide maternity protections to women in the informal economy? - DGMT
Article: Hiking the price of booze is the way to go - DGMT
Article: Hiking the price of booze is the way to go - DGMT
🎧 [LEARNING LUNCH]: Is there an app for that? - DGMT
🎧 [LEARNING LUNCH]: Is there an app for that? - DGMT
🎧 [LEARNING LUNCH]: Would an advertising ban reduce teen drinking? - DGMT
🎧 [LEARNING LUNCH]: Would an advertising ban reduce teen drinking? - DGMT
🎧 [LEARNING LUNCH]: Thinking on the edge - DGMT
🎧 [LEARNING LUNCH]: Thinking on the edge - DGMT
Op-ed: Here’s the drinking conversation we need to have - DGMT
Op-ed: Here’s the drinking conversation we need to have - DGMT
ENCA Interview: No safe amount of alcohol consumption - DGMT
ENCA Interview: No safe amount of alcohol consumption - DGMT
The Perspectives Series: Youth unemployment is an ‘us’ problem, not a ‘you’ problem - DGMT
The Perspectives Series: Youth unemployment is an ‘us’ problem, not a ‘you’ problem - DGMT
Home - Create Change | Change Waste
Home - Create Change | Change Waste
SmileFM Interview: How service gaps are holding South Africa’s children back - DGMT
SmileFM Interview: How service gaps are holding South Africa’s children back - DGMT
Op-ed: Mapping service gaps – How SA’s children face barriers to essential developmental support - DGMT
Op-ed: Mapping service gaps – How SA’s children face barriers to essential developmental support - DGMT
SABC News Interview: Skills development – Meeting young people where they are - DGMT
SABC News Interview: Skills development – Meeting young people where they are - DGMT
Maternal Support Grant: It’s social justice - DGMT
Maternal Support Grant: It’s social justice - DGMT
Innovation Edge Joins Forces with Key Partners to Empower 300 Young Doctors and Improve Primary Healthcare Access in South Africa - Innovation Edge
Innovation Edge Joins Forces with Key Partners to Empower 300 Young Doctors and Improve Primary Healthcare Access in South Africa - Innovation Edge
Op-ed: Fixing our stunted economy starts with eradicating stunting in children. Here are five ways to do that. - DGMT
Op-ed: Fixing our stunted economy starts with eradicating stunting in children. Here are five ways to do that. - DGMT
“Don’t Blue Tick Us” - Read more on what children have to say this Child Protection Week
“Don’t Blue Tick Us” - Read more on what children have to say this Child Protection Week
GroundUp Article: Grant to prevent malnutrition is in limbo - DGMT
GroundUp Article: Grant to prevent malnutrition is in limbo - DGMT
Home - If Innovation Fellowship
Home - If Innovation Fellowship
Op-ed: Easing liquor laws is not a recipe for growth - DGMT
Op-ed: Easing liquor laws is not a recipe for growth - DGMT
GUIDE: How to support local waste reclaimers - Create Change | Change Waste
GUIDE: How to support local waste reclaimers - Create Change | Change Waste
LEARNING LUNCH PODCAST: Maternal Support Grant: It’s social justice - DGMT
LEARNING LUNCH PODCAST: Maternal Support Grant: It’s social justice - DGMT
ENCA Interview: Pilot programme to support the nutrition of pregnant women - DGMT
ENCA Interview: Pilot programme to support the nutrition of pregnant women - DGMT
New pilot to support the nutrition of pregnant women and mothers in the Western Cape - DGMT
New pilot to support the nutrition of pregnant women and mothers in the Western Cape - DGMT
Watch the full webinar making the case for supporting pregnant women here
Watch the full webinar making the case for supporting pregnant women here
Learn more about Bumb’INGOMSO’s work in HIV prevention and youth development here
Learn more about Bumb’INGOMSO’s work in HIV prevention and youth development here
Read more about DGMT’s Social Welfare Financing Reform strategy here
Read more about DGMT’s Social Welfare Financing Reform strategy here
Read more on our Close the Food Gap campaign
Read more on our Close the Food Gap campaign
Let’s close the food gap - DGMT
Let’s close the food gap - DGMT
Read Real Reform for ECD'S post-budget 2025 full press statement here
Read Real Reform for ECD'S post-budget 2025 full press statement here
Read more: National Treasury’s review of alcohol taxation
Read more: National Treasury’s review of alcohol taxation
Read Kentse Radebe's reflection - Key Takeaways from the 2025 Reading Panel
Read Kentse Radebe's reflection - Key Takeaways from the 2025 Reading Panel
Learning brief: Why supporting pregnant women is key to breaking cycles of poverty and inequality
Learning brief: Why supporting pregnant women is key to breaking cycles of poverty and inequality
Press Statement: Why the MSG is an urgent priority
Press Statement: Why the MSG is an urgent priority
Press Statement- Real Reform for ECD- Investing in young children is non-negotiable
Press Statement- Real Reform for ECD- Investing in young children is non-negotiable
Read: Real Reform for ECD's pre-budget press statement
Read: Real Reform for ECD's pre-budget press statement
Read more about Youth Capital's insights on the BEEI
Read more about Youth Capital's insights on the BEEI
2025 Application Form - DGMT Innovation Fellowship
2025 Application Form - DGMT Innovation Fellowship
View the DGMT Innovation Fellowship Prospectus
View the DGMT Innovation Fellowship Prospectus
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Join the 'Hold My Hand' movement
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Read Hands-On Learning
Let's close the food gap!
Let's close the food gap!
Applications for zero-rating are now open! And we’re here to help.
Applications for zero-rating are now open! And we’re here to help.
Explore the Change Ideas policy briefs
Explore the Change Ideas policy briefs
Create Change - Change Waste Initiative
Create Change - Change Waste Initiative
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