It is safe to say that Gauteng is home to thousands of people who dedicate their lives to protecting animals; this is how to support their work.
Gauteng, South Africa (13 January 2024) – South Africa’s city of gold is filled with hearts of gold and humans committed to animal welfare. Our comprehensive charity list grows and evolves every year as we add more good causes to the list. This is the 2024 list for the Gauteng province.
The Good Things Guy team has been working on these charity lists since the start of the pandemic in 2020. They were created as tools to help people find help or offer it to causes close to their hearts. Over the years, the demand for these lists has grown and today, we are excited to share our lists for 2024.
Our charity list was usually one long one but we have found, with the help of insightful readers, that one list is too much to work through. This year we are splitting the list into various categories. This list features all the animal welfare organisations we have featured over the years and can vouch for.
We are doing things a little differently this year. We now have nine animal charity lists, one for each province and a tenth featuring South Africa as a whole. Below are all the organisations that work in Gauteng to make a difference, you can find the other provinces here.
If we have missed an organisation or charity, please email tyler@goodthingsguy.com and we will add it soonest; kindly supply the relevant links as well as which province they work in, the NPO registration details and a brief description of what the organisation does.
Please note that this is a working list, so keep sending through your charities, and we will keep adding them!
These charities include all kinds of animal welfare organisations. We have simplified the search process for you by adding the following codes:
B – Birds, C – Cats, D – Dogs, F – Farm, H – Horses / Donkeys, W – Wildlife, and O – Other.
- 4Paws (Working in Diepsloot, but travel throughout Gauteng) (C, D) – Facebook
- Animal Anti-Cruelty League (Working in Johannesburg) (C,D) – Facebook
- Animal Ambulance (Working in Pretoria) (C,D,F,H) – Facebook
- BARC (Working in Benoni) (C,D) – Facebook
- Brainy Birds Parrot Rescue and Rehabilitation (Working in Edenvale) (B) – Website / Facebook
- Cat Village (Working in Benoni North) (C) – Facebook
- Cause 4 Paws (Working in Johannesburg South) (C,D) – Facebook
- Chihuahua Adoptions SA (Working in Johannesburg) (D) – Website / Facebook
- CLAW (Working in Johannesburg) (C,D) – Facebook
- Critter Rescue SA (Working in Johannesburg) (O) – Website / Facebook
- Dogtown South Africa (Working in Pretoria) (D) – Website / Facebook
- Edenvale Ferals (Working in Edenvale) (C) – Website / Facebook
- Free Spirit Claws and Paws (Working in Beverley Gardens) (C) – Facebook
- Friends of Free Wildlife (Working in Kyalami) (W) – Website / Facebook
- FORA (Working in Krugersdorp) (D) – Facebook
- Glenda’s Dog Rescue (Working in Johannesburg) (D) – Facebook
- Highveld Horse Care Unit (Working in Meyerton) (H) – Website / Facebook
- Husky Heaven Rescue (Working in Centurion) (D) – Website / Facebook
- Husky Rescue South Africa (Working in Randburg) (D) – Website / Facebook
- Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital (Working in Gauteng) (W) – Website / Facebook
- Jozi South Feral Cat Carers (Working in Johannesburg South) (C) – Facebook
- Kitty Kazz Kitten Rescue (Working in Krugersdorp) (C) – Website / Facebook
- Love-a-Bull SA (Working in Gauteng) (D) – Website / Facebook
- Maltese, French Poodle & Yorkie Rescue South Africa (Working in Midrand) (D) – Website / Facebook
- Nordic Rescue (Working in Tarlton) (D) – Website / Facebook
- Osman Animal Rescue (Working in Centurion) (C,D) – Website / Facebook
- Paws R Us: SA (Working in Midrand) (D) – Facebook
- Pawsitive Mobility (Working in Alberton) (C,D) – Website / Facebook
- PET RESCUE (Working in Benoni) (C,D) – Facebook
- Pigs n Paws Rescue (Working in Cullinan) (F) – Website / Facebook
- Pretoria Animal Buddies (Working in Pretoria) (C,D) – Facebook
- Sandpaper Kisses Fundraising SA (Working in Centurion) (C) – Website / Facebook
- Santa Cause for Paws (Working in Weltevredenpark) (O) – Website / Facebook
- Sky City Animal Welfare (Working in Katlehong) (C,D) – Facebook
- Soweto Animals Rescue And Advisory Centre (Working in Soweto) (D) – Website / Facebook
- Soldiers Against Dog Fighting – S.A.D (Working in Gauteng) (D) – Facebook
- SPCA Alberton (All) – Facebook
- SPCA Bedfordview/Germiston (All) – Facebook
- SPCA Benoni (All) – Facebook
- SPCA Boksburg (All) – Facebook
- SPCA Brakpan (All) – Facebook
- SPCA Edenvale (All) – Facebook
- SPCA Heidelberg (All) – Website / Facebook
- SPCA Johannesburg (All) – Facebook
- SPCA Kempton Park (All) – Facebook
- SPCA Krugersdorp/Roodeport (All) – Facebook
- SPCA Midrand (All) – Facebook
- SPCA Nigel (All) – Facebook
- SPCA Randburg (All) – Facebook
- SPCA Randfontein/Westonaria (All) – Facebook
- SPCA Sandton (All) – Facebook
- SPCA Springs (All) – Facebook
- SPCA Tshwane (All) – Facebook
- SPCA Vereeniging/Vanderbijlpark (All) – Facebook
- The 9th Day Animal Rescue Centre (D) – Website / Facebook
- The Dog’s Trust (Working in Diepsloot) (D) – Website / Facebook
- The Society for Animals in Distress (SAID) (Working in Midrand) (All) – Website / Facebook
- The Bunny Hop Haven (Working in Johannesburg) (F,O) – Facebook
- Tiny Paws Rescue SA (Working in Benoni) (D) – Facebook
- Underdogs SA Pitbull Rehabilitation Centre (Working in Gauteng) (D) – Website / Facebook
- Wetnose (Working in Bronkhorstspruit) (All) – Website / Facebook
- Wild and Free Wildlife Rehabilitation (Working in Hectorspruit) (W) – Website / Facebook
- Wollies Animal Project (Working in Pretoria) (D) – Website / Facebook
- Woodrock Animal Rescue (Working in Pretoria) (D)- Website / Facebook
Sources: Various (Linked Above)
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