1. Join HUB Johannesburg? Click here to enquire!
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Welcome to Johannesburg Hubdate-lite, January 2011.
We appreciate your continued support and
interest in HUB Johannesburg.
There is growing interest in HUB Johannesburg
and we are pleased to announce that Hub
membership is steadily climbing!
Since opening HUB Johannesburg, three months
ago, we’ve had the pleasure of hosting many of
you at no fewer than 7 HUB Co-Creation
Workshops and 7 Entrepreneurship focused
events, during Global Entrepreneurship Week in
November 2010.
In addition to this we also host a weekly informal networking session called Lunch at the Hub,
hosted every Friday at 1pm.
Member Profile: Samantha Braithwaite:
Affectionately known as Sam, Samantha was brought up in Durban and studied at
Rhodes University in Grahamstown. With an undergraduate in Social Sciences, she
majored in Economics, before furthering her studies in Enterprise Management.
After working in Johannesburg she travelled to Dubai where she joined a UK-based
company specializing in published business information for the Middle East region. In 2009,
her role was made redundant. Sam decided to use this opportunity for purposeful travel
that could expose her to various different social development models.
Her travels took her to India where she visited the SEWA (Self-Employed Women’s
Association). The primary focus of her travels however centered around work in Nepal
and Bangladesh. Sam travelled Nepal for 6 months, working with various projects across
the small country. Samantha Braithwaite & 2006 Nobel Laureate Prof. Mohammad Yunus
In 2010, Sam worked for the Yunus Centre in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
The Yunus Centre works to promote the idea and practice of the social business model under the close guidance of its founder and
microfinance pioneer, 2006 Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus. In the same year Sam completed training in the Grameen Bank
micro-lending model.
Determined by nature and driven by new ideas, Sam does not shy away from a challenge. She lives each day to see systemic and tangible
change happen in her country - and she believes strongly in the vital role business and innovation can play in creating this change.
Sam currently works for Tshikululu Social Investments.

2. Hubbing in Johannesburg…
DATE: Thurs, 27th January 2011
EVENT: Jo’burg Citizen Journalists in Dialogue
TIME: 18h00 for 18h30
COST: R50 [Non Members]
Event Information:
With the evolution of social media, there is an increasing shift in who the opinion shapers in our society are and who
they will be. The combination of social media (Facebook, Twitter and personal blogs) with an optimistic unrelated
group of people, who are passionate observers and commentators of Johannesburg inner-city’s regeneration are
providing a perspective that goes beyond institutional frameworks and agendas.
Hub Johannesburg invites Jo’burg’s culture bloggers and citizen journalists to an evening dialogue and discovery
around the “real” trends emerging in the city. What do we see when we walk the streets of the city? What is there to
do? What’s happening? What happens when we bring together the voices of Joburg?
[Citizen Journalists are the people formerly known as the audience. Citizen Journalism (also known as "public", "participatory",
"democratic", “guerrilla” or “street journalism”) is the concept of members of the public "playing an active role in the process of
collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news and information"]
RSVP: Johannesburg.hosts@the-hub.net by Monday, 24th January
*a carpool departs from the Market Theatre at 6pm, let us know if you would like to meet there.
DATE: Thurs, 03rd February, 2011
EVENT: New Ideas for Africa: Jozi Ideas Fair
TIME: 18h00 for 18h30
COST: R50 [Non Members]
Event Information:
Based on the success of last years’ NIFA: Ideas Fair, we are pleased to announce that the
HUB Johannesburg will be hosting NIFA: Jozi Ideas Fairs on the first Thursday of every month
during 2011.
If you have an idea or project that could create positive change and would like to share it
in a safe environment for constructive criticism, connections to key contacts, professional
support for different parts of the project and possible partnerships; we invite you to this
session.
You are also invited to come and be inspired – who knows what could emerge!
RSVP: Johannesburg.hosts@the-hub.net by Monday, 31st January
*a carpool departs from the Market Theatre at 6pm, let us know if you would like to meet there
PROPOSED DATE: Fri, 18th February, 2011
EVENT: TBC
Event Information:
Look out for a special Collaborative Event between HUB Johannesburg and The Branson
Centre of Entrepreneurship South Africa
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3. Member Events this Month…
MEMBER: Dorah Lebelo – GenderCC Southern Africa
DATE: Wednesday, 2nd February 2011
EVENT: Gender Review of National Climate Change Response [NCCR] Green Paper 2010
TIME:
COST:
Event Information:
Although climate change impacts will affect all countries, its impacts will be differently distributed
among different regions, generations, age and income groups, occupations and genders. The
poor, the majority of whom are women, will be disproportionately affected.
GenderCC Southern Africa – women for climate justice would like to invite you to a workshop on the Gender Review of the National Climate
Change Response [NCCR] Green Paper 2010.
The workshop will seek to:
• Bring various civil society stakeholders together and present to them GenderCCSA’s draft Gender Review of the NCCR Green Paper 2010
• To gather inputs and comments from various civil society stakeholders on GenderCCSA’s draft Gender Review of the NCCR Green Paper
2010
• To work on various joint strategies of ensuring the voices of grassroots women are included and that the South African climate change
response policy is gender responsive.
Please RSVP for your participation:
E-mail: dorah@gendercc.net
Tell: Kelebogile Nthite – 076 166 8765 or
Dorah Lebelo – 073 177 1817
by the 24th January 2010.
*Ms Lebelo is also available to answer any questions you may have regarding the programme.
*Please note that space could be limited.
*People coming from outside of Johannesburg are asked to cover their own travel and accommodation costs where possible.
Address:
171 President Street
[Corner President and Polly Streets]
Tel: 011 048 2542
Website: http://johannesburg.the-
hub.net
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