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Career Indaba at Ikageng
Yet another successful development opportunity stroked the Potchefstroom community when IkamvaYouth brought a Career Expo to Ikageng Township. The event which took place on the 2nd of May 2014, received impressive by-in from different institutions, companies and...
Ikamvayouth Internship
Ikamvayouth seeks to appoint an intern to its national office in Rivonia, Johannesburg. The internship programme is for a period of 6 months. Responsibilities: Handling of administrative tasks within the...
UKZN Open Day May 2014
On the 17th May 2014 UKZN had its Open Day at the Westville campus. IkamvaYouth KZN was a part of this very informative occasion with the full assistance and support of ABI. Grade 11 and 12 learners from Umlazi, grade 12 learners from Chesterville as well as a couple...
UKZN Open Day May 2014
On the 17th May 2014 UKZN had its Open Day at the Westville campus. IkamvaYouth KZN was a part of this very informative occasion with the full assistance and support of ABI. Grade 11 and 12 learners from Umlazi as well as grade 12 learners from Chesterville were bused...
Ikageng Branch Strategic Planning Workshop
The Ikageng branch held its first ever Strategic Planning Workshop (SPW) on the 26th April 2014. The SPW was hosted at Lemon Blossom Guest House’s conference center in Potchefstroom. In attendance were tutors, learner representatives, the district coordinator-...
Vision 2030 Collaborative Community
The collaborative community met on 5th May. The group looked at the challenges of volunteer recruitment and management and the ‘lack of cooperation and support from parents, teachers, school, learners and volunteers’. The solutions that were generated were...
WITS NGO FAIR
On the 6th of May, IkamvaYouth Ebony Park branch was invited to The Wits NGO Fair at Wits University campus organized by The Wits Citizenship and Community Outreach (WCCO). The Wits Citizenship and Community Outreach are formally known as the volunteer programme that...
IkamvaYouth KZN Careers Indaba 2014
IkamvaYouth KZN Careers Indaba 2014 On the 25th of April 2014 IkamvaYouth KZN hosted their second Annual Careers Indaba. The event, which saw learners and members of the public walk through the doors throughout the day, was hosted in the Chesterville...
Strategic Planning Day for both Ebony Park and Ivory Park branches in 2014
On the 22nd of March, both Ebony Park and Ivory Park branches came together to plan for 2014. This years' Strategic Planning Weekend (SPW) was held at The Barefoot Backpackers, a perfect spacious venue. The volunteers were met with some early morning tea and...
Grade 12 Ebony Park learners attend Wits Open Day
On Friday the 11th of April, University of Witswatersrand opened its doors to aspiring high school learners. 35, Ebony Park Grade 12's came together to see what university life looks like as well as to decide on their tertiary options. With the help of our very...
IYKZN-CHESTERVILLE STRATEGIC PLANNING WEEKEND
On the 6th and 7th of April 2014 the staff, tutors and learner representatives of IkamvaYouth Chesterville branch gathered together to review the purpose of IkamvaYouth as an Organisation, the highlights that IY has seen as it continues to grow from...
Masi Matrics attend UCT Open Day
On the 12th of April 2014 all 21 of our grade 12 learners, accompanied by 4 of our tutors, attended an Open Day that was hosted by UCT at the Upper Campus of the University. The purpose of the day was to expose grade 12 learners to the various career...
IKAMVAYOUTH RESPONDS TO PROPOSED GRADUATE COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR GRADUATES
IKAMVAYOUTH RESPONDS TO PROPOSED GRADUATE COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR GRADUATES IkamvaYouth (IY) is interested to hear that the South African government hopes to implement a mandatory one year programme for all tertiary graduates. All students will be expected to...
SPW Umlazi 2014
Spw 2014 Umlazi Saturday and Sunday the 29th and 30th of March saw Umlazi host it’s second ever Strategic planning weekend. The Branch staff was joined by the District coordinator, 4 learner reps and 20 volunteers for the weekend. ...
IkamvaYouth Makhaza Strategic Weekend Planning
An amazing and inspiring weekend Makhaza branch had. It was an excellent opportunity for volunteers, tutors and learner reps to participate in core operational planning and goal setting for the year 2014. . Present were more than 30 participants from different grades...
Masi Strategic Planning Weekend 2014
On the 15th and 16th March 2014, Masi hosted its annual SPW. Duing this weekend 20 learners, tutors and staff members came together to plan the year ahead taking into consideration all that has happened at the branch and all the hurdles that we must...
IkamvaYouth’s largest ever matric class secures post-school placement rate of 73%
The sky is not the limit for Khayelitsha astrophysicists The matric class of 2013 was IkamvaYouth’s 9th and by far our largest ever, with over 150 Ikamvanites. These dedicated young men and women come from 7 different townships...
Ikamvanites showcase their talent against the best at SciFest Africa
It was David and Goliath, except for the differences in the endings of the stories, the Afrobot competition organised by SciFest Africa between Ikamvanites, Galaxy - an independent engineering team, Magnete from Graeme College(former private school) and Ntsika...
Masi learners attend Career Fair in Rondebosch
On Friday the 14th of March 2014, our grade 10, 11 and 12 learners of the Masi branch attended a Career Fair that was held in Rondebosch. This was a very special day for the learners as they got the opportunity to explore an unfamiliar environment...
Nyanga Strategic Planning Weekend 2014
The beginning of the year is always an exciting time for IY branches as we usher the previous year’s Matrics into post-school opportunities, welcome new learners and tutors and together decide on the goals and outcomes of the new year. On the 8th and 9th...
Lloyd Lungu