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The King Shaka International Airport has donated Caps (Curriculum Assessment Policy Statements) compliant natural science and mathematics kits along with mobile libraries to six primary schools in the KwaMashu and Inanda areas north of Durban.

The Sage Foundation recently launched an initiative aimed at equipping schools with mobile libraries. The objective of the initiative is to improve learners' literacy levels and will include the donation of mobile libraries at schools across the country. The most recent mobile library was donated to the Saphinda Primary School in Umlazi, south of Durban.

Mancosa officially announced its partnership with the Department of Basic Education and New Africa Education Foundation (NAEF), which is aimed at contributing to the 'read-to-lead' campaign. The partnership is underpinned by Mancosa's Literacy Project - a project that was launched on the same day as the partnership announcement.

The GrandWest Casino and Entertainment World donated 11 reading corners to Wingfield Primary School in Kensington in Cape Town on International Literacy Day.

Dawn held its 2017 Mentor Meet-up at the at Shine Studios in Johannesburg. Winners of Dawn's online competition attended the meet-up and met up with some of the country's most influential women as they participated in panel discussions.

Durban-based Conlog provided the Lodirile Secondary School in the West Rand with a new science laboratory.

Radio and TV personality Bonnie Mbuli hosted CapeTalk's Go Beyond Women's Breakfast at the Century City Convention Centre in Cape Town on 11 August 2017.

Soneike High School's literacy programme received a boost with mobile libraries donated by Novus Holdings.

The Peermont Community Benefit Trust (PCBT) spent its 67 minutes for Mandela Day at the Ntsikana Primary School in Daveyton.

KWV has helped boost the education of learners in farming communities this past Mandela Day by providing learners with information to make responsible and informed career decisions.

Secondary school Mandisa Shiceka in Kagiso has had an improvement in their results after an introduction of the Columba Leadership programme.

In the build-up to Mandela Day, the Relate Trust held its annual beading challenge in Nobel Square at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town on Thursday, 13 July. Beading Gogos and Tatas each paired up with a celebrity to try and bead the winning bracelet.

Novus Holdings (formerly known as Paarl Media group) has partnered with the Department of Basic Education to provide schools in South Africa with mobile libraries that will make reading more accessible to more learners. The Phumelela Primary School in Kwa Mashu, KwaZulu-Natal received seven such mobile libraries.

Global sports-based charity, Laureus, launched its sixth annual Youth Empowerment through Sport programme, between 26 February and 4 March 2017, by means of an education training camp that took place at The Team House in Noordhoek, Cape Town. The seven-day interactive training workshop was a place where young leaders, from across the country, were provided with skills and tools necessary to create positive change in local communities.

Grade five learners at the Musenga Vhadzimu Primary School in Diepsloot, Lindiwe Ranko and Puledi Seema, recently participated in the SA Junior Chess Championship in Boksburg as part of the Johannesburg Metro Chess Union team.