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Empowering youth: How Safe-Hub transformed Anelisa's life
2+ hour, 48+ min ago (335+ words) A safe space to learn, free internet access, and a chance to lead were all 21-year-old Anelisa needed to unlock her potential." This Youth Month, the Cape Town students" journey shows how community programmes like Safe-Hub can help young people…...
From Bo-Kaap to Groote Schuur: Obeidullah Gierdien's inspiring journey as a nurse
1+ week, 4+ day ago (581+ words) Obeidullah Gierdien, formerly from Bo-Kaap, now living in Woodstock and living his dream as a nurse at Groote Schuur Hospital. A former Bo-Kaap teenager who once woke before sunrise to travel to school is now living his dream as a…...
Santa Shoebox Project: A call for Western Cape Schools to apply now
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (365+ words) Over the last 19 years, 1. 35 million Santa Shoeboxes, each containing eight specified items of treats and essentials, have been given to underprivileged and socially vulnerable children throughout South Africa and Namibia. As the city gears up for winter, the Santa Shoebox…...
Business leaders unite to tackle youth unemployment
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (372+ words) Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator, in partnership with the Western Cape's Department of Economic Development and Tourism (DEDAT), hosted the SA Youth Employer Breakfast at Makers Landing in Cape Town, with over 130 leaders and employers present. As South Africa prepares to…...
Women in academia: Overcoming language barriers in science
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (397+ words) University of Cape Town's (UCT) Lauren Powell, Cape Peninsula University of Technology's Mangaka Matoetoe, UCT's Dr. Rethabile Possa, and the University of the Western Cape's (UWC) Mantoa Motinyane during the panel discussion. Image: Fouzia van der Fort Academics and thought…...
A century of youth empowerment through education in Green Point
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (565+ words) Marima band members, Sherwin Petersen, Tyrese Arendse, Al-Israah Warner, and brothers Gill and Caleb-Lee Barnett plays at the V&A Waterfront. A Green Point-based organisation that has spent more than a century supporting vulnerable youth is continuing its mission to…...
Camps Bay High School musicians earn places in prestigious youth orchestra
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (125+ words) Camps Bay High pupils Alizwa Tibisono and Siphesphande Makele, Camps Bay High principal Louis Mostert, and pupils Zukhanye Mbatsha and Ogechukwu Arukwe. Four Grade 10 pupils from'Camps Bay High School'have been selected to join the Cape Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (CPYO). The…...