Inyathelo and its associates remember, with affection and gratitude, Cape Town-based entrepreneur and philanthropist, the late Ben Rabinowitz. Mr Rabinowitz and his late wife Shirley supported numerous organisations, projects and causes for over 50 years, spanning  education, health, justice, the environment, sport and music. The Rabinowitz couple described themselves as neither rich nor poor, but having  enough to meet their needs, and were known to seldom turn anyone away when t...

Inyathelo welcomes the undertaking by Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi, according to media reports, that planned cuts to social welfare organisations in the province will be reversed, and SLA’s of affected NGOs will be corrected and subsidies paid. Inyathelo applauds NGOs that expressed their grave concerns following the news of budget cuts, and that some applications for funding had been declined. Inyathelo urges NGOs, in turn, to ensure that their organisations are properly registered, and th...

It’s vital that managers of non-profits, accounting firms and legal entities are fully up-to-date about changes in pertinent tax legislation, if they are to educate and support the donors who generously fund NPOs. Legal terms and requirements can be confusing, however, and it’s easy to become bewildered by current and pending changes to the law, where donations are concerned. Fortunately, Turning Point Chartered Accountants, a multi-disciplinary consultancy offering comprehensive financial s...

The Inyathelo Board of Trustees, staff and associates are deeply saddened at the passing of committed educator and human rights campaigner Noel Daniels on 18 April 2023. Noel was a trustee of Inyathelo from January 2012 – October 2018, and was a source of wisdom and experience, particularly in the fields of adult learning, leadership and management. Noel was deeply committed to education, training and development for all, especially those who had been denied access to education in the past. ...

During our #WorldNGODay Celebrations, we spent some time talking to some of our guests about their inspiring work at their nonprofit organisations. Listen to their stories on our #ChatOnTheCouch series.Our first guest is Vanessa Nelson, from Hope for the Future.       View this post on Instagram       A post shared by Inyathelo (@inyathelo) Hope for the Future is an NPO founded in 2002 by Vanessa Sauls Nelson, a mother d...

Nicole Copley, Founder of ngoLAW, and a non-practising attorney and Master Tax Practitioner (SA)TM If you had to make me choose just one good governance practice that is worth entrenching in your founding document and abiding by, it would be mandatory gaps in service for board members. I often have organisations, new and old, fight me on this for various reasons – the board is working so well together; we have such great board members and don’t want to lose them; it is so hard to find goo...