Elizayo Blog

NGO sectors across the world provide services that the government sectors often fail to provide, and the NGO sector of South Africa is no exception.  The Non-profit sector in SA played a pivotal role in addressing societal challenges, advocating for meaningful causes, and providing crucial services to communities in need prior to democracy. Post 1994 many Non-Profits argued they can provide better, more efficient, and cost-effective services than government departments, becau

The term “Social” in the Non-Profit field is the prefix for a plethora of different concepts - Social Entrepreneurship, Social Responsibility, Social Solutions, Social Sector, Social Value, Social Change, Social Problems, Social Responsible Business, Social Investments and Social Innovation etc. (To a certain extent the wide use of the term “Social” can be linked to the application of Corporate and business practices and applications to the Non-Profit field.) Social Innovatio

[repost of 2015 post]I have written about the frustration of fundraising for nonprofit, community based organisations in South Africa...

Around 10 000 New NPO's are registered annually in SA. Why?

Are NPO losing their visions/mission for a TPA

When I was at university (some 35 years back) I had to write a paper on the differences between a For-profit and Not-for-Profit...