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Well, Monkeybiz does! The local women's empowerment group recently won the United Kingdom's DoUKCare award alongside Nelson Mandela. >

Design Indaba alumnus Luba Lukova releases a portfolio of political posters. >

The Making a Difference Through Design competition teaches high school learners about the value of design in our everyday lives. >

Megan Laughton’s prototype for a space-saving, lightweight, easy to store desk and chair is this year’s Making the Difference through Design winner. >

Lauren Beukes in support of Rape Crisis >

Many girls in Uganda aren't able to attend school on the days they menstruate because they can’t afford the basic sanitary products. Makapads offers a solution. >

Freeplay Energy's fetal heart rate monitor provides a safe and accessible solution for healthcare workers in developing countries during childbirth. >

Ghanaian architect Joe Osae-Addo has designed a more affordable cement to be used for construction in Africa. >

Shigeru Ban has constructed paper log houses for victims effected by typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. >

We've been tracking the stages of one of the challenges on OpenIDEO that aims to address issues of safety for women and girls in low-income urban areas. >

Third year product design students from Parsons partnered with Areaware to design small "impulse buy" gifts with a portion of the proceeds going to a charity. >

The DMY International Design Festival in Berlin will be introducing a new annual section that focuses on social design. >

A devastating shack fire that displaced thousands and took the lives of three people spurred this team of UCT students to turn theory into reality. >

Peter Krige has prototyped a pressure-tight closure that can be fitted onto easily available parts to create a shower for unplumbed homes. >

Faithless percussionist Sudha Kheterpal wants to shake up the world to create clean energy for people without access to electricity. >

Megan King's social enterprise Colour iKamva delivers a bright burst of colourful hope to children's spaces in Africa. >

A new foot-operated irrigation device is capable of tripling the revenue of smallholder farmers, says its manufacturer. >

OpenIDEO and USAID launch global call for innovative tools to help health-care workers on the frontlines of the virus. >

The three winners of the Better Living Challenge design competition each receive R500 000 worth of support services to develop their products for market. >

Ian Dommisse is upcycling your trash to give pre-primary school children a place to learn. >

Celeste Theron had an entrepreneurial streak in primary school: she sold her art work to the teachers. Now she's empowering other women to be entrepreneurs too. >

Planters from billboard vinyl, solar-powered light bulbs and low-voltage power packs: three South African solutions for African problems. >

In an industrial part of Amsterdam the locals refer to as "Noord", 16 grounded houseboats now dot a former shipyard: tricky architectural brief, magical space. >

The Street Store extends the popular pop-up store trend onto the pavement to give homeless people the joy of shopping. For free. >