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#YouthMonth: BET Software champions young minds with Robotics Clubs

#YouthMonth: BET Software champions young minds with Robotics Clubs

BET Software 27 Jun 2025

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Pick n Pay School Club supports over 111k teachers with free educational kits

26 Jun 2025

Petco’s efforts saved 76,000m³ of South Africa’s scarce landfill space in 2024. Image supplied.

How Petco saved 76,000m³ of recyclable packaging in 2024

26 Jun 2025

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How these high schoolers are tackling the drinking water crisis

25 Jun 2025

#UpcyclingDay: How local women breathe new life into bread bags

#UpcyclingDay: How local women breathe new life into bread bags

24 Jun 2025

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Last chance to apply for the 2025 Mamandla Fellowship

24 Jun 2025

Making a lasting impact: How data and corporate commitment can reshape ECDs in South Africa

Making a lasting impact: How data and corporate commitment can reshape ECDs in South Africa

Trialogue 23 Jun 2025

#YouthMonth: Meet the Wessa interns driving SA’s green energy sector

#YouthMonth: Meet the Wessa interns driving SA’s green energy sector

Maroefah Smith 23 Jun 2025

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Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation joins the Climate Philanthropy Pledge

23 Jun 2025

GirlCode expands coding initiatives as youth unemployment soars in SA

GirlCode expands coding initiatives as youth unemployment soars in SA

20 Jun 2025

Breaking the barriers to youth employment: Digital infrastructure is key

Breaking the barriers to youth employment: Digital infrastructure is key

Trialogue 20 Jun 2025

Empowering South Africa’s youth through education and skills development

Empowering South Africa’s youth through education and skills development

Sappi 17 Jun 2025

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#YouthMonth: Why SA's Just Energy Transition needs young people, township entrepreneurs

Nonjabulo Sokhela 17 Jun 2025

New crèches in the Drakensberg may have to close because of late payments of subsidies by the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education. Graphic: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

New crèches may have to close because of late payments by education department

Joseph Bracken 17 Jun 2025

H&M SA and Star For Life to raise GBV awareness and support girls’ empowerment

H&M SA and Star For Life to raise GBV awareness and support girls’ empowerment

13 Jun 2025

Cotton On Foundation launches Literacy Drive

Cotton On Foundation launches Literacy Drive

Cotton On Foundation 12 Jun 2025

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"Skills development is not just a business strategy, it’s a national imperative" – Engen

12 Jun 2025

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Case, Inyathelo partner to launch new internship programme in South Africa

11 Jun 2025

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UKZN empowers visually impaired students with AI glasses

11 Jun 2025

Bakwena bursary, learnership programmes support youth along key logistics corridor

Bakwena bursary, learnership programmes support youth along key logistics corridor

11 Jun 2025

Avbob Road to Literacy campaign gives hope to 1,000 schools and NGOs through trolley libraries

Avbob Road to Literacy campaign gives hope to 1,000 schools and NGOs through trolley libraries

Oxford University Press 10 Jun 2025

Growing futures: Sappi’s Forestry Skills Centre opens in Richmond

Growing futures: Sappi’s Forestry Skills Centre opens in Richmond

Sappi 10 Jun 2025

Blind SA went to the high courts in Pretoria and Pietermaritzburg to appoint curators for two special schools it says are failing to adequately provide for learners with disabilities. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Blind SA takes schools to court over conditions for children with disabilities

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 9 Jun 2025

Urgent action to stop violence, abuse, and neglect in schools

Urgent action to stop violence, abuse, and neglect in schools

Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation 6 Jun 2025

From learning to earning: how to accelerate Africa’s digital economy

From learning to earning: how to accelerate Africa’s digital economy

Trialogue 3 Jun 2025

From L-R: Alberto Giménez (Technical Director at Real Madrid Foundation EFP South Africa); Brendan Epstein (Marketing Director at Real Madrid Foundation EFP South Africa & Founder of Collab Advertising); Andrés Muntaner Borrajo (Director of the Real Madrid Foundation EFP); Jevron Epstein (President of the Real Madrid Foundation EFP South Africa & CEO of Generation Schools); Kerryn Ackermann (Senior Management at Generation Schools); Sandra De Abreu (Senior Management at Generation Schools); Jac Vos (Financial Director at Real Madrid Foundation EFP South Africa & Financial Director at Generation Schools), Kyle Savile (Senior Management at Generation Schools).

Real Madrid's 3rd SA youth football programme kicks off in Joburg

30 May 2025

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Not just another caretaker: Why ECD educators need specialised training

Sigamoney Naicker 29 May 2025

Sinamuva Crèche has not received subsidy payments for two months. Photo: Joseph Bracken / GroundUp

KwaZulu-Natal government ordered to pay crèches

Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko 28 May 2025

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EC school wins big in glass recycling challenge; entries open for 2025

26 May 2025

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Suburban teaching methods are failing township children, discouraging teachers: What needs to change

Professor Sigamoney Manicka Naicker 23 May 2025

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