Liberty gets involved with primary school education

Last year, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) released the results of their Annual National Assessment (ANA) which focused on the numeracy and literacy levels for Grades 3 and 6. The results were alarmingly low with Grade 3 literacy and numeracy at 35% and 28% respectively and Grade 6 levels at 28% for literacy and 30% for numeracy. 24 May 2012 16:42

Full moon bike ride to raise funds for Safe Space initiative

The full moon on Monday, 4 June 2012 will herald another one-of-a-kind, 10km Full Moon Bike Ride, sponsored and hosted by The Grand Daddy Hotel in Long Street, Cape Town. This is in support of The Rock Girl Safe Spaces initiative which is a grassroots public art and education campaign to raise awareness about the need for safe spaces in our cities and surrounding communities. 23 May 2012 10:53

Game celebrates the donation of 100th Amalunchbox kitchen

On 16 May Game handed over its 100th Amalunchbox mobile kitchen to 935 excited learners at Moriting Primary School in Tembisa, Johannesburg marking an incredible investment in changing the lives of an estimated 100,000 children across South Africa. 17 May 2012 07:10

Setting sail for a better future

[Lyndon Jaftha] South Africans who live near the coast can enjoy swimming, surfing, fishing and sailing at any time. For the past decade the non-profit Izivunguvungu-MSC Foundation for Youth has ensured that young people from the Western Cape's disadvantaged communities can enjoy those activities too. 16 May 2012 12:07

Executive runs Comrades to change lives

It takes a special kind of dedication and commitment to help young learners to access the opportunities that will help them jump ahead in life. It is the same kind of dedication and determination which inspires many people to run the 87km of the gruelling Comrades Marathon. 10 May 2012 11:28

Piggy bank Viola supports Hout Bay community project

Over the months of May and June, all visitors to the eclectic Bay Harbour Market in Hout Bay will have the opportunity to seek, find and meet the Bay Harbour Market celebrity pig, Viola - Queen of the Bay, and effect 'change for change' by making donations into this unusual piggy bank. 10 May 2012 09:54

READ and perseverence bear fruit for crèche

Since READ was established in 1979, the organisation constantly fulfils its aim to help people in South Africa develop their skills in reading, writing, learning, information and communication. One of its most heart-warming successes has recently come to light. 8 May 2012 11:35