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On Youth Day, nearly 500 learners took to the streets of Johannesburg for a youth march supported by the Johannesburg Junior Council (JJC) as well as lobby group Equal Education (EE). The learners marched for equal and quality education for all South Africans, specifically the correct legal implementation of the minimum standards and norms of [...]
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The Casual Day project team has challenged all fun-loving South Africans to participate in Mandela Day by raising funds for 67 stickers in 67 minutes on 18 July, 2013 – and while they are at it, to make every day Mandela Day. The over-arching objective of Mandela Day is to inspire individuals to take action [...]
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Western Cape’s LEAD SA hero for May is 5 for Change, a philantropic initiative based in CT founded in 2012 by Ross McKernan, David Deetlefs & Adriaan Dippenaar. Here is the nomination sent through by Ms Helga Pheiffer: “5 For Change is a platform dedicated to raising awareness about five inspiring social enterprises which are [...]
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More than 30 000 people have affected by the torrential rains in the Western Cape over the past few days, and this morning we came together and did our bit to help those in need. 94.5 Kfm and 567 CapeTalk together with LEAD SA teamed up with Mustadafin, an organisation based in Athlone that operates [...]
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Coinciding with Child Protection Week, a conference on orphans, vulnerable children and youth (OVCY) is being held in Durban from 27 – 30 May 2013. The aim of the conference is to provide a platform for role players to share good practices and lessons learned in providing protection, care and support to OVCY. UNICEF’s Heidi [...]
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In an effort to give effect to government’s Outcome of ensuring that all South Africans are and feel safe and as a contribution to The International Campaign to Stop Rape and Gender Violence in Conflict, Government Communications mobilized grassroots activists and service providers for a motorcade/ roadshow or Drive-around and Distribution Blitz on Saturday May [...]
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It was an intricate balance between structured educational upliftment, excellent planning and co-ordination, as well as a healthy measure of fun and adventure, that saw the 16th annual Rally to Read programme set off at the start of May to deliver box libraries and educational resources to more than 40 000 children in 120 underprivileged rural [...]
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Africa is persistently inundated with countless struggles likely to jeopardise the promising future of the continent. Some notable concerns, a great deal of which affect the youth, include lack of sufficient education, economic inequality, youth unemployment, lack of access to basic amenities, lack of access to finance for further studies and self-improvement, lack of access [...]
