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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
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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
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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.
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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
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