Corporate Social Review Magazine 3rd & 4th QUARTER 2012 | Page 3

PUBLISHED BY ICSD (SA) Magieliesig Ext 24, Bryanston P.O. Box 537, Magaliesview 2067 [email protected] - www.icsd.org.za 011 022 6611 / 083 703 4525 - CTN: 021 801 5100 Mark Froy – Managing Director EDITORS NOTE Hello and welcome to our 'tricky' second issue. THE CORPORATE SOCIAL REVIEW TEAM Editor: Paul Rowlston www.paulrowlston.net Writers: Theresa-Lütge Smith Editor: South African Writers’ Network (SAWN) Tasha Tollman Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practioner and Education, Training and Development Practitioner (Dip. EDTP UJ). Tyron Louw MSc student – Ergonomics Rhodes University- curator of TEDxRhodesU first exclusively student-run TEDx conference in South Africa, Sam Alwyn N.Dip FA Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University PGCEPost Graduate Certificate in Education 2009 Green Partnerships Award for Eccleston Apple Festival in conjunction with Creative Minds and St. Mary’s School in Eccleston for arts activities and construction of a Den to raise awareness of locally grown apple species Training: Tracy Legodi 011 023 7795 - [email protected] Founder: Treasure Louw Contact: 011 022 6611 / 083 703 4525 E-mail: [email protected] Advertising: Mark Froy - [email protected] - 021 801 215 100 Design and DTP: Neille Vorster 072 193 7946 Editorial Contributions: Stefan Crets - CSR Europe Jeffrey Ying CSR Asia CSR HUB Mike Saunders - Tomorrow Today Mohammed Al-Shawaf - Sustainability David Blank - The Atlantic Photographers: Pieter de Ras Chris Krichhoff MediaClubSouthAfrica.com Township Maboneng Valerio Veo Gus Waschefort Theuns Botha Front Cover Photo: Pieter de Ras Design: Ryan Aldridge Alexander Johnson LTD Suite 011, Grand Baie Business Park, Grand Baie, Mauritius It certainly has been an epic ride to get us here. Working (as I'm sure you can imagine) on a budget that aspires to shoestrings, and trying to get traction in the lives and worlds of some extremely busy, extremely driven people, this has not been an easy ask. But, as Marc Lubner said when telling us why Nelson Mandela asked him to get involved with what was to become The Smile Foundation:“If you want to get something done ask a busy man.”As you take a look through this issue you'll see that we have been very busy indeed and, hopefully,you'll also see that we've had some success in our steep learning curve and fast evolution process. In this issue, as the portrait on our cover would suggest, we stumbled upon a challenging story when Marc Lubner challenged what he sees as the failure of the entire Social sector. Indeed, we were so challenged by this story that we put out a Q&A about it for our Talking Points section. More amazing than Lubner's willingness to seize the thorn of this tricky issue was our respondents unwillingness to go on record with any kind of substantive response to this essential issue. The internal debate continues to rage at CSR about whether we should name and shame those major organisations that are so reluctant to even join in this debate. The urge to pick a fight is always there, but we also want to use this magazine to pick the right fights. Maybe you have some idea about why social spending and social issues suddenly seems like such a 'third rail' issue; especially when the very fabric of our society is as stake. After all, we are not making accusations or digging up the dirt – what we are doing is seeking constructive debate and positive discussions? But Lubner's cat among our collective kittens is not our only 'headline act' in this issue. I also got to explore some of the ideas behind Maboneng - one of my own favourite places on earth - and have some amazing conversations with some fascinating people; not least of which the indomitable Mr Mia and his equally impressive son, and the passionate and passionately engaging Bernice Samuels from FNB. Disclaimer Opinions expressed in Corporate Social Review are not necessarily those of The Institute for Corporate Social Development (ICSD). No responsibility can be accepted for errors, as all information is believed to be correct at the time of print. Copyright subsists in all work in this publication. Any reproduction or adaptation, in whole or in part, without written permission of the publisher is strictly prohibited and an act of copyright infringement which may, in certain circumstances constitute a criminal offence. Electronic Copy freely available for download www.corporatesocialreview.org.za www.icsd.org.za Electronic Copy freely available for viewing www.issuu.com ICSD was founded in honour of my late father JJ Louw – Treasure Louw, Founder We certainly enjoyed writing this stuff. Hopefully you'll enjoy reading it. Maybe it will even inspire some thoughts of your own? If we manage to do that, drop us a line and get involved in the debate, we'd love to hear from you and love to hear what you really think. Until then, have a day. Paul S Rowlston Editor CORPORATE SOCIAL REVIEW 1