ZA Difference is a non-profit company that publishes a 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 tells the untold stories of our shared lives in a way that can be "heard" by an affluent, educated audience, as well as a marginalised, uneducated audience.

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 and basic services in South Africa. It carries information about skills development, funding for training, support for the unemployed, resources for entrepreneurs, community building, family, children, old-age, disability, substance abuse, survival issues, health,
HIV & AIDS, human rights and much more.

The magazine 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 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 shares the cover prices (50/50) with
street sellers, one-person vendors and
small, independent retailers throughout
South Africa. No middle-men.

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.

ZA Difference — Bridging the divide.