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Life Residential initiates Rhino Parade
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Residential, the ¾-lifesize sculpture is the 13th rhino in the parade to be officially unveiled in South Africa. The Rhino Parade is an innovative conservation fundraising campaign (pioneered by Wildlands) based on the internationally renowned “Cow Parade” concept. To this end, Wildlands works closely with South African celebrities (including to date Freshly Ground, Ray Phiri, Chad le Clos, Shaun Pollack and Pat Lambie)
Pic: John Guest
n two years, the Central City base of estate agency Life Residential has raised R100 000 towards the conservation of South Africa’s endangered rhino population. This achievement was recently spotlighted when the CBD’s first “Rhino Parade” rhino was unveiled on 26 July outside the offices of Life Residential in Mandela Rhodes Place. In a partnership between the Wildlands Conservation Trust and Life
Kevin McCann of Wildlands (second, left) with the Life Residential Rhino and team, Pinky Mathebula, Jermaine Everts, Directors Kim Faclier & Richard Boxford
and other ambassadors who are tasked with decorating the sculptures to represent their personal message around the plight of our country’s rhino. Richard Boxford, Managing Director of Life Residential, discovered the Trust through his company’s Adopta-Rhino initiative in 2011, when he adopted a female White Rhino named Ubomi. Since then, the programme is a part of every Life Residential newsletter, and a portion of all the company’s sales are donated to the cause. Richard is also currently helping Wildlands to find someone to adopt Ubomi’s 18-month-old calf. Says Wildlands Strategic Manager, Kevin McCann: “Funds from passionate individuals and corporates, such as Richard and Life Residential, are key to ensuring we successfully fight rhino poaching. Together with our partners – Project Rhino KZN – we have developed three projects that will provide a coordinated and effective response, namely Project Rhino Tracker, Project Rhino Aerial Support and Project Rhino Investigations and Prosecution Support.”
For more information on Life Residential’s Adopt-a-Rhino Programme and Wildlands Rhino Parade, visit www.capetowncid.co.za/news or www.wildlands.co.za
CITY VIEWS CHALLENGES ALL CBD CORPORATES
The Central City welcomes… The following new retailers have set up shop in the CBD: Café on Greenmarket, Greenmarket Square, for great sandwiches, coffees, cakes and more. Under new management
Image our own Rhino Parade? Just as the Cow Parade has attracted visitors to cities across the globe, image what our own Rhino Parade could do for the Central City? City Views would like to challenge other corporates based in the CBD to follow Life Residential’s example and get behind the Rhino Parade by sponsoring their own rhinos. Email carola@capetowncid.co.za and we’ll tell you how.
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Mandela Rhodes Foundation celebrates 10th anniversary with great success
Mandela Rhodes Place opposite St George’s Cathedral was a hub of energy and excitement during the final weekend of July, when the Mandela Rhodes Foundation (MRF) celebrated its tenth birthday. The good news is that the Foundation is in such good shape that it looks to doubling the number of scholars that it assists. The Foundation was created in 2002 when the Rhodes Trust, as part of its centenary celebrations, entered into a partnership with Nelson Mandela and pledged a founding donation over 10 years. This brought together Madiba’s 20th century legacy of leadership
and reconciliation with Cecil John Rhodes’s 19th century legacy of education and entrepreneurship. The Foundation covers the full costs of a post-graduate degree – Masters or Honours – and while pursuing their chosen career path at a South African university, each scholar receives leadership development. More than 140 of the 200 Mandela Rhodes scholars to date, ranging
from physicists to a cello player, met for an emotional reunion, with Minister in the Presidency, Trevor Manuel, opening the conference followed by an inter-generational leadership master class. Alumni and trustees later debated the Foundation’s future in Bishopscourt at the former home of Nelson Mandela, before a gala celebration at the City Hall. “The Foundation’s first decade has shown not only its success, but the
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solid commitment to its future,” said Shaun Johnson, the Foundation’s CEO. The initial target for an endowment for sustainability of R350 million was exceeded on the night of the gala event by an additional R106m pledged in new donations. “Based on the extraordinary success of this first decade,’ says Shaun, “the Board has mandated the Foundation to investigate doubling the numbers of Mandela Rhodes Foundation scholars in the coming years and it is with pride that we go can forward knowing that this will be a permanent legacy for our beloved patron, Mr Mandela.”
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