ZA Difference is a registered Section 21 organization (PBO status pending) that publishes a monthly, national magazine of the same title. The magazine provides a forum for diverse opinions, interesting dialogue, eye-opening information and practical solutions towards a better South Africa.

It bridges the divide between black and white, rich and poor, marginalised and mainstream society, and between the many different cultures of our rainbow nation.

It highlights the desperate, but mostly hidden reality faced by the majority of South Africa’s citizens, and takes a critical look at how their situation affects all of us.

It examines the myriad contradictions, problems and social issues that often remain unchallenged as we go about our daily lives.

Yet ZA Difference is not about our seemingly insurmountable problems, nor about what our government is or is not doing. It is about what each of us can do in our own way
and in our small circle of influence to create the kind of world we want to live in.

The magazine contains the only printed directory of poverty relief resources in South Africa, offering information on affordable training, resources for unemployed people, support for entrepreneurs, and information about community building, health,
survival and human rights.

It fights bigotry and ignorance with information that raises awareness and promotes understanding, empathy, tolerance, dialogue and cooperation among all South Africans, regardless of whether they speak Afrikaans, English, Pedi, Shangaan, Urdu, Zulu
or wat nog.

It gives voice to people who are otherwise voiceless and marginalised, and stimulates dialogue between people from different walks of life ... people who would
not ordinarily engage with each other.

It celebrates the achievements of those who
transcend their circumstances, and inspires
confidence that triumph is within reach of
those who try.

It invites all South Africans
to join in this conversation by contributing
their stories, articles, poems, letters and
photographs. It promotes the contributor's
work by publishing their contact details
and it pays for all published contributions.
It has already provided many first-time
South African writers from all walks
of life with a platform for publication.

It creates opportunities for income
generation for unemployed people
anywhere in South Africa through
street sales of the magazine.

Unlike the fate of unsold copies of most
other periodicals, ZA Difference is
not pulped, but re-distributed, free of
charge, to isolated rural areas and
disadvantaged urban communities
throughout South Africa – along
with sponsored and promotional
copies of the magazine.

ZA Difference — Bridging the divide.