Education & Skills Development Multimedia

The annual Smarties Week, an initiative of Clover Mama Afrika, recently took place at the Ocean Breeze Hotel in Strand, Cape Town. The Clover's CSI project is designed to equip women across the country who assist disadvantaged people in their communities, to develop the necessary skills for their talents. The ‘smart' week, allows ladies to unite through Clover Mama Afrika and travel across South Africa to partake in value added, hands-on training courses and workshops....

FutureMe held their first World of Work (WoW) festival on 25 November at Christel House School in Cape Town. The social enterprise, aimed at addressing the youth unemployment crisis in South Africa, introduced the festival as an interactive event for learners and employers to gain first-hand exposure to a vast array of careers and employers.

On 3 November, the official handover of the Conlog (Pty) Ltd's investment of a state of the art science laboratory took place at Asibemunye High School in Howick, Kwazulu-Natal.

Grade R learners at Ellerton Primary School in Three Anchor Bay were excited to receive a donation of a brand new carpet for their classroom from local business Florstore OnTrend last week.

Thales partnered with The Community Chest of the Western Cape to award bursaries to six learners studying towards mathematics, science and technology related degrees.

Vodacom's collaboration with the Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) has resulted in a welcome boost for three high schools in the Durban area: Menzi High, Zwelihle High and Westville Boys High. MUT played host to the second Africa Engineering week at their campus on 28 September to 30 September. UNESCO, together with its strategic partners in South Africa, the Department of Science and Technology (DST), eThekwini Municipality, and the Engineering Council of South Africa were the co-hosts....

Launched officially on 17 September 17 2015 at the Ivory Park North Hall, Siyasizana - which means we are helping each other - is a project that will see local daycare mamas collecting SASKO Bread bags in order to redeem them for much needed items for their daycares.

Founder and CEO of Quercus Investment Partners, Diego Biasi, handed over a massive cheque for the first of three tranches - comprising R10m - to Red Cross on Tuesday, 15 September.

The initiative along with the Unlimited Titans' assistance provided a make-over to the Happiness Crèche in Boksburg for The Unlimited Child programme.

The Asifunde Mobile Library Project launch was held on Tuesday 17 March 2015 at the Kwa Muhle Museum hosted by EThekwini Municipality.

East Coast Radio's Toy Story with Game Corporate Day Challenge took place on 21 November 2014 to raise funds for KZN's disadvantaged children.

Shanduka Foundation celebrated its 10-year anniversary at an event attended by over 300 guests, including staff, beneficiaries, investors, media and the Chairman of Shanduka Foundation and Deputy President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa.

The Missibaba Boombox Project charity auction took place at the Whatiftheworld Gallery in Woodstock on the 25 September.

The Night of 1000 Drawings, held on 28 August 2014 at the Good Hope Centre, Cape Town attracted more than 1500 people and raised R130 000 for the Thomas Wildschutt School in Retreat, just outside the city centre.