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HERITAGE DAY DEBATING WORKSHOP
Heritage means a lot of things to a lot of people. This is a day in which we are all encouraged to celebrate our cultural traditions in the wider context of the great diversity of cultures, beliefs and tradition that make up the Nation of South Africa. ...
Lights, Camera and Action!
Who said young people couldn't create, direct, produce, film and act in their own movie. About 30 Ikamvanites in Gauteng had the opportunity on Saturday 22nd of September 2012, to go onto a professional movie set in Johanesburg at The Home Movie Factory and...
Masi learners take part in the Annual International Coastal Cleanup 2012
This past Saturday (15 September 2012), ERM (Environmental Resources Management) together with the Masi and Nyanga branches took to Muizenberg’s Sunrise beach for the Annual International Coastal Clean-up. With the equipment sponsored by Plastics SA, the...
Nyanga launches IY’s alumni program
Saturday the 15th of September will remain a memorable day in the history of the Nyanga branch as we held our first ever alumni meeting . The purpose of the meeting was to launch the IkamvaYouth alumni program, aimed at connecting our alumni at...
IY participates in UCT NPO Careers expo
On Tuesday 18 September , IY attended the UCT careers expo. The expo was aimed at showcasing NPOs in the Western Cape to UCT students. The whole day was a flurry of activity with students coming in, asking about IY and signing up to volunteer,...
Nyanga holds 3rd term parents’ meeting
On Saturday the 8th of September, Nyanga held its termly parents’ meeting at Zolani Centre. The meeting was well attended, with 41 of our 69 learners represented by parents, guardians and other family members. The meeting was three-fold, aiming at...
Nyanga participates in international coastal cleanup day
Saturday 15th September dawned a bright and sunny day, which was fitting for Nyanganites who were participating in the coastal cleanup day at Monwabisi beach near Khayelitsha. IYWC was invited to take part in the coastal cleanup by Andreas Stoll of ERM and...
Gauteng Mentors Workshop
A mentoring workshop was held at the Ebony Park branch during the weekend, fascilitated by Nomfuzo Ntolosi, a life coach, of The Coaching Centre, with experience in running mentorship workshops. Aspects covered by the the workshop include: - career mentoring, the...
Career Indaba 2012
This past Friday finally saw months of preparation and planning for our annual Career Indaba come together in a hugely successful day. Over 1800 students, parents, and community members flooded the Zolani Centre hall in Nyanga to explore their post matric choices and...
“Funeka’s Story” released
Inspired by the National Planning Commission's story of Thandi, which Trevor Manuel told as a way to depict the key challenges facing the country, IkamvaYouth has launched Funeka's Story, which explains IkamvaYouth model and its impact, and sends out a call for...
Masi Winter School 2012
It may have been about 2 months ago since we've had our winter school programme at the Masi branch, but yet it feels like 2 weeks ago. We hosted it at the Masiphumelele library, which is also our venue for the homework and tutoring sessions. Despite all the challenges...
Equal Education Congress 2012
On the 7th of July 2012, I took a trip to the Equal Education Congress of 2012. The trip was fully funded by Equal Education (Many Thanks for the opportunity). It would be a very interesting 5 days for me. From the viewpoint of an outsider,...
Ebony Park Branch launches their own library
On Saturday, 25 August, Ikamva Youth’s Ebony Park Branch opened it’s own library. It was opened after a ceremony introducing the Ikamvanites to the library and its rules. After watching entertaining videos on the wonder of books, learners made their own...
Gauteng Ikamvanites take part in a heated BBC Talk Radio Debate
(Listen to the actual debate at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/p00x8h4d) Ikamvanites in Gauteng were invited to take part in the BBC Africa Debate at the University of the Witwatersrand on the 31st of August. The question posed was: South Africa at 18- Does...
Conquering a Natural Wonder of the World
This past Sunday the Masinites hit Table Mountain. Despite the outing being cancelled twice during winter school because of unpredictable Cape Town weather, the learners finally made it to the top of our local natural wonder of the world! Thirty-five learners and...
Who says exercise can’t be fun?!
Today the Ladies’ Club from the Masi branch shook, shimmied and sweat in a nia class. The girls went to Ocean View High School to attend a class put on by Maggie Joubert. Nia is a form of cardiovascular aerobic exercise that is done to the beat of...
Gauteng Volunteer attends the Organisation of African Youth (OAYouth) Symposium
The event, which took place on the 18th of August, was an attempt at creating a platform for the youth as individuals, and representing organisations, to discuss issues and challenges facing South Africa, and contribute in generating solutions. The event was hosted by...
IkamvaYouth KZN needs YOU!!!
IkamvaYouth branches in Chesterville and Umlazi need tutors, mentors, workshop facilitators, and administrative interns. This is a great opportunity to gain experience working with youth and community projects, build your skills, and help the youth of...
Ikamvanites and interns celebrate the importance of sharing cultures
It is important to explore different cultures with others and there are so many ways to do so. On Tuesday the 14th of August, the Ebony Park homework session was a hub of activity as the volunteer Pakistani interns decided to celebrate Pakistani...
PanSolutions equips Nyanga lab with printer
The Nyanga lab has recieved a generous donation of a Workio 8020 printer from PanSolutions. The machine is a multi-functional one which can print, copy, scan and fax documents. A PanSolutions representative who opted not to be named said the following: 'At...
Lloyd Lungu