A group of Khayelitsha pupils needed a peaceful place to work. The place they chose was a rather unconventional one - Mpumie’s Place, a local shebeen.
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Oct 29 2010
Clowning around boosts HIV-positive children
KHAYELITSHA, 29 October 2010 (PlusNews) – Shrieks of laughter echo through the community centre in the Cape Town township of Khayelitsha as 20 children aged between four and 15 play a game of tag.
They are part of the Cirque du Monde Ibhongolwethu Project run by Cape Town’s Zip Zap Circus School with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
Zip Zap Circus School
info@zip-zap.co.za
Work: +27 21 421 8622
Founders Garden Jan Smuts Street
Cape Town, South Africa 8001
Oct 29 2010
Vamos cycling tours in Langa
How many times have you driven out of town on the N2, thoughts drifting towards your weekend away, cruising past all the “leaving Cape Town” landmarks: the ex-Athlone cooling towers, the townships, the failed housing projects, more townships, the airport.
Oct 28 2010
More parents put faith in low-fee private schools
In a remote corner of rural South Africa, a private school in an abandoned office building strives to provide local parents with the type of schooling they demand for their children.
The Centre for Development and Enterprise spent two years assessing whether low-fee private schools exist in disadvantaged areas of South Africa.
Centre for Development & Enterprise
Work: +27 11 482 5140
5 Eton Road, Parktown
Johannesburg, South Africa 2193
Oct 28 2010
GreenPan plants trees in Gugulethu
GreenPan has partnered with social enterprise Food and Trees for Africa (FTFA)
The first 20 trees will be planted at Vuyani Primary School in Gugulethu, Western Cape, This school is in an area where drug abuse, teenage pregnancy, violence and alcoholism are rife.
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Oct 27 2010
The Zama Dance School Trust
The Zama Dance School Trust grew out of one woman’s drive to teach ballet to underprivileged children matched equally by patron Raymond Ackerman’s desire to nurture their careers in the arts.
“Zama students come primarily from disadvantaged backgrounds. In their principal, Arlene Westergaard, I found a woman who through sheer guts and determination was teaching these kids to express their joy, their anger and their emotions through the mediums of dance and music,” says Ackerman.
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Oct 27 2010
Gugulethu Matriculant dancing to success.
The 34-year-old multiple award-winning dancer, choreographer, dance teacher, passionate development activist and motivational speaker Mamela Nyamza is the 2011 Standard Bank Young Artist Award Winner for Dance.
Nyamza matriculated from Fezeka High School in Gugulethu, Cape Town, where she also attended the Zama Dance School, under the Royal Academy of Dance.
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Oct 25 2010
Shebeen study group gets computers
A shebeen has worked wonders for a group of Khayelitsha Grade 11 pupils as a study venue.
The group have already seen their marks improve, and other pupils, keen to also improve their results, have joined their night-time study sessions at Mpumie’s Place.
Khayelitsha Grade 11 pupils get computers
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Oct 22 2010
Cape Peninsula University of Technology Students Donate Ten Thousand Rand to Khayelitsha Community Health
On Wednesday, 20 October 2010, a group of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) students from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) donated ten thousand rand (R10 000) to the Khayelitsha Site B Community Health Centre.
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Oct 22 2010
Stories About South Africa – Langa United
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