Growing Tomorrow
Article 08/05/2013
The Dayspring Children's Village was established 22 years ago by Rev Charles and Wendy Paine to meet the need for equal education and care for the disadvantaged. It was birthed in the 1980's during apartheid and was one of the very few integrated boarding schools of its time. Read More
Article 08/05/2013
The School for the blind and partially sighted in Christiana has had a 100% pass record for the last two years. From the 96 learners at the school 80% are underprivileged and a third are blind. The mission of the school is to provide a high standard of education in order to lay the foundation for further education and training. Read More
Article 08/05/2013
Young Entrepreneur South Africa or YESA is a Non-profit Organization that is a national youth entrepreneurship movement, established for the sole purpose of creating an entrepreneurship eco-system in South Africa. To find out about the supporting programmes that benefit young entrepreneurs in South Africa we spoke to Innocentia Motau, the President of Young Entrepreneur South Africa. Read More
Article 07/05/2013
Last month a 7-year-old girl died in a shack fire in Butterworth, Eastern Cape. This is only one of many incidences that happen around the country. With the winter on its way it is also a time when veld fires are a constant danger, but fire related accidents at home could also result in unnecessary loss of lives. We spoke to Rosie Chirongoma, the Manager at Children of Fire. Read More
Article 07/05/2013
The ‘Dance for All' outreach programme was established 21 years ago. The mission is to provide children of historically disadvantaged communities with the opportunity for enjoyment, empowerment and promotion of self esteem through the medium of dance. Read More
Article 07/05/2013
In Potchefstroom in the North West the land claim of the Hawkins family was settled. Four properties were handed over which consist of approximately 380 hectares of land. Read More
Article 29/04/2013
Minister Gugile Nkwinti recently held an indaba with the Khoi San people in Kimberley in the Northern Cape. The purpose was to find solutions on how the Koi Sans queries regarding land claims can best be met by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform. Read More
Article 29/04/2013
Reel Gardening was developed in 2002 by Claire Catherine Reid at the age of 16 to solve the problems she encountered when starting her own vegetable garden. Claire was encouraged by her teachers to enter her then newspaper and flour invention into the Eskom expo for young scientists. Claire won a gold medal at the national finals in Pretoria. Read More
Article 26/04/2013
The building of the Nkosi Dalibhunga Mandela Legacy Bridge in the Eastern Cape is on schedule and will officially be opened on May 10 to commemorate the day Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as President. The new bridge will, on completion, link Ludondolo village with Mandela's birthplace of Mvezo. Read More