PLEASE SPARE A THOUGHT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOTHING THIS CHRISTMAS

It's no secret that 2019 has been one of the toughest for many South Africans. 237 000 people lost their jobs in the first quarter of year alone. Our official unemployment rate is now close to 30%. That means 6.73 million people with no source of income.

Imagine not knowing where your next meal will come from! That's the grim reality for so many men, women and children this festive season.

But if there's one thing this tough year has taught us, it's this – we South Africans will always go out of our way to help one another.

So we're counting on those who do have a little extra to spare to donate a food parcel for a less fortunate neighbour.

From now until the end of December, the team at Siyabonga Africa will pack and distribute around 100 food and toiletry packs to those who would otherwise go without food over the holidays. Small packs for individuals or couples cost R250, while a family pack – which can feed up to six people for a month – costs R500.

Please will you reach out to a fellow South African in need during this season of 'goodwill' – and give them the gift of a parcel of basic necessities to see them through the holidays?

To us it may be just a bag of maize meal or rice, some cooking oil, sugar, beans, peanut butter and some veg. But to them it means hope ... freedom from hunger ... and the comfort of knowing others care.

In return for your donation of R500, we'd like to give you a small gift – a nifty little lunchbox to remind you every day of the difference you're making in someone's life.

But the satisfaction of knowing you've shown kindness to a fellow South African is the real reward. When you experience it, you understand that it really is nicer to give than to receive!

Please use the form below to donate online right now. And give yourself the joy of helping someone in true and desperate need this Christmas.