Investing in South Africa's potential

Archive for October, 2011

Growth Sparks by Ilifa Labantwana

Author: - Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

Ilifa Labantwana is a multi-donor partnership to support integrated early childhood development (ECD). Specifically the project aims to increase access [...]

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South Africa’s vulnerable ageing population

Author: - Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

South Africa has a rapidly ageing population. The birth rate is falling and many people are living to a greater [...]

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Perspectives on Leadership Development – Lessons from Life and Practice

Author: - Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

Earlier this year TSiBA Education endeavoured to explore the state of leadership development in South Africa’s social sector. The overarching [...]

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Go for Gold: Mediating Opportunity Connections for Youth in the Construction Industry

Author: - Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

The Go for Gold programme is a unique partnership between civil society, the Western Cape Education Department and the Construction [...]

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Social Change Assistance Fund

Author: - Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

Working with Northern Cape communities, the Social Change Assistance Fund (SCAT) aims to promote greater self-reliance and economic independence by [...]

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Improving how schools work – through better organisation and planning

Author: - Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

Government has developed a school improvement strategy that plans to establish an annual school management cycle in all schools to [...]

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Connecting to higher education opportunities

Author: - Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

Even though South African young people with some level of tertiary study are two or three times more likely to [...]

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Sumbandila Outliers Programme

Author: - Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

A culture of under-ambition and under-achievement is a well-documented problem in South African schools. Sumbandila assist exceptional children from rural [...]

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Wordworks community interventions for early literacy learning

Author: - Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

Over the past eight years provincial and national assessments have shown that a high percentage of South African children do [...]

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Which Math Materials Improve Teaching and Learning?

Author: - Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

Very poor teaching of numeracy and mathematics in South African primary schools is a serious problem. JET Education Services did [...]

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