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Original Source Out in Africa is an Atlantic grantee. The Film and Publication Board's 2008 banning order on Argentinian film "XXY" has been overturned. Out In Africa (OIA) plans to present "XXY", director Lucía Puenzo and actor Inés Efron, at this years OUT IN AFRICA South…

The first global cohort of Atlantic Fellows includes activists, artists, journalists, health professionals and policymakers collaborating across the globe to build a healthier, fairer future.

As Atlantic wraps up its work, including completing our grantmaking this year, one of our final acts is to invest in a community of emerging leaders whose efforts to build a better world will outlast the foundation.

[caption id="attachment_79166" align="alignnone" width="700"] Source: iStock/lcswart[/caption] By William Foster, The Bridgespan Group South Africa has one of the most progressive constitutions in the world. But 20 years after its adoption, only 48 percent of its population is satisfied with the way South African democracy works.…

David Sternlieb, Chief Operating Officer of The Atlantic Philanthropies, delivered these remarks at the October 13, 2016 opening of the Isivivana Centre in Khayelitsha township, outside Cape Town, South Africa. Acclaimed author and filmmaker, Zanemvula “Zakes” Mda led the ceremony, hailing the new center as…

Following the end of South Africa’s oppressive apartheid policies, Atlantic helped the nation make a transition to democracy. It focused on: Supporting activists working to ensure the country lived up to the rights and protections promised in the country’s new Constitution. Adopted in 1996, the…

Twelve extraordinary individuals have been honoured at the prestigious annual Inyathelo Philanthropy Awards, including a couple of friends who set up an organisation to support refugees and asylum seekers, the founder of the ‘Spread the Luv Movement’ and Jack Ginsberg, a passionate supporter of South…

Today at a press conference Equal Education (EE) announced that it had filed papers in the Bhisho High Court against Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga; Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan; and the nine provincial MECs for Education.As EE Coordinator Doron Isaacs explained: “The papers…

This video by Human Rights Watch, an Atlantic grantee, accompanies its new report, Ripe with Abuse. The fruits and wine that come from the Western Cape of South Africa are enjoyed by consumers around the world and generate billions of rand for South Africa's economy,…

By Jay Naidoo.  I WOULD like to recommend that we think of philanthropy not simply as a means of "giving back", but as a means of 'giving forward'. Taken this way, philanthropy can be seen as a means to promote the stability of African society…