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28
Mar

Build Leaders of Tomorrow One ECD at a Time by Collaborating with a Local NPO

March 28, 2022
From 1 April 2022, the Department of Basic Education will be taking over early childhood development (ECD) functions as part of Government’s commitment to provide all young South Africans with access to quality ECD programmes by 2030. Currently, an estimated 1.24 million children between the ages of three and five are not attending an early...
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23
Mar

Two New Independent Schools in East London Improves Access to Quality Education

March 23, 2022
23 March 2022: Old Mutual Alternative Investments (OMAI) has concluded a R71 million debt and equity investment to develop two new independent schools in East London, with the aim of significantly enhancing access to quality education. The investment takes place through OMAI’s Education Investment Impact Fund of South Africa (EduFund) and is in partnership with well-known...
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10
Dec

Southern African Rhodes Scholars for 2022 Have Been Announced #ThisIsUs

December 10, 2021
  Ten exceptional young people from Southern Africa have been announced as Rhodes Scholars-Elect for 2022 including a graduate from eSwatini, thought to be the first from that country, and two Scholars hailing from the same small town in the Eastern Cape.   The National Secretary of the Rhodes Scholarships for Southern Africa, Mr Ndumiso...
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20
Sep

UCT Online High School Announces Avid Educationalist Yandiswa Xhakaza as Director and Principal

September 20, 2021
In July this year, the University of Cape Town (UCT) launched an online high school, and in doing so became the first university on the African continent to extend its expertise and impact to the secondary schooling market through an innovative online modality.     The public response has exceeded all expectations, indicative of the...
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22
Jul

Grade 12 ICT Students Get Boost From Volunteer Mentors

July 22, 2021
Over 150 Grade 12 students from mining communities across the country are developing much needed ICT skills through their participation in Google courses, with the support of over 130 volunteer mentors sourced from Anglo American’s employee base. The volunteer mentors have committed to spending at least one hour of their own time a month, to...
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04
Dec

South African Teacher Mokhudu Cynthia Machaba Thanks Global Teacher Prize 2020 Winner Ranjitsinh Disale For Sharing Half His $US 1 Million Prize Money With the Top 10 Finalists

December 4, 2020
South African teacher Mokhudu Cynthia Machaba, named a Top 10 finalist for the Global Teacher Prize 2020, in partnership with UNESCO, expressed her surprise and gratitude today as winner Ranjitsinh Disale from India announced he was sharing half the US$1 million prize money equally among the other Top 10 finalists. Now in its sixth year, the award established by the...
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29
Jun

Rally to Read Website Revamped!

June 29, 2020
The Rally to Read team is pleased to announce the launch of their revamped website, www.rallytoread.org.za. Visually appealing, our new website is easy to navigate and crammed to the brim with interesting facts. A live ‘countdown’ clock indicates the time remaining to the next Rally to Read, and various counters indicate statistics including how much money...
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09
Mar

Learning, Libraries and Laughter – how does that work?

March 9, 2020
NAL’IBALI AND CLOWNS WITHOUT BORDERS CONNECT CHILDREN TO LIBRARIES THROUGH LAUGHTER Children learn best when they are happy. This is why Nal’ibali, South Africa’s reading-for-enjoyment-campaign, and Clowns Without Borders South Africa (CWBSA) have partnered for the second year in a row to tour their libraries roadshow aimed at building literacy bridges between schools and libraries....
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10
Dec

R5 million investment for girls education in Soweto

December 10, 2019
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07
Jan

Thank you Oprah!

January 7, 2019
Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls Celebrates 100% Pass Rate for Seventh Consecutive Year, Achieving 148 Distinctions with Results Above National IEB Average Friday, 4 January 2019 – The 2018 graduating class of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls (OWLAG) achieved a 100% matric pass rate, completing the National Senior Certificate under the Independent...
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Steuart as a speaker

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Steuart has done some 500 talks on South Africa’s progress since 1994 and SA’s prospects for the future’