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Strategic Planning Weekend KZN
On the weekend of the 5th and 6th of March IYKZN hosted it`s first SPW. This was an honour especially due to the presence of Joy Olivier. The two days were very productive. Team spirit was high and energy was immense. Over the two days the KZN Team of IkamvaNites...
Nashua Titans Visit IkamvaYouth Ivory Park
Cricket fever was at an all time high at the Ivory Park IkamvaYouth Centre as Neotel launched the Community Internet Cafe in partnership with our friends at Siyakhula. Ikamvanites participated in the festivites and were joined by the Nashua...
IYKZN Computer Lab
It is a time of triumph for IYKZN. AME Africa health care technologies has donated a fully equipped computer lab to IYKZN. Situated in Chesterville at the Vuyani Nkosi Memorial Youth Center. The actual lab consists of 20 thin client personal computers, a...
FOODIE AUCTION
IkamvaYouth is having a FOODIE AUCTION. Have a look at the: foodie_auction_catalog.pdf ...and while the days away deciding what to bid on! Ever wanted: A dinner for two at that you-have-to-book-a-year-ahead restaurant? A private cooking...
81% access to post-school opportunities for IkamvaYouth’s class of 2010
81% access to post-school opportunities for IkamvaYouth’s class of 2010 More than half return as tutors and mentors for the next generation Above: Happy matrics from the Gauteng celebrate their registration Less than 10% of all South African...
Engen Sponsors KZN Prize Giving
Saturday 12 February was a day that learners in the KZN branch of Ikamva had been anticipating for more than four months - The Annual Prize Giving Ceremony. Unfortunately our ceremony had to be pushed back to early this year from late last year due to the prizes and...
DA DA DAAAAA…introducing IkamvaYouth Masiphumelele!
The IkmavaYouth Open Day was held on the 22nd of January and was a great chance for new Ikamvanites to meet, understand, and be inspired by IkamvaYouth. The staff were there to welcome them and older Ikamvanites were there to assist learners in their...
Nyanganites taking 2011 by storm!
On the 22 January 2011 Nyanga Branch hosted its 2011 Open Day which was attended by more than 200 learners fom schools around Nyanga East The Open Day was attended by tutors,learners and parents who participated during the day by sharing their...
Ikamvanite Matthew Mhlaleki speaks to SABC2 about IkamvaYouth
Matthew Mhlaleki speaks to SABC 2 programme TalkSA about how IkamvaYouth helped him improve his marks and get into university. When Matthew joined IkamvaYouth he had 45% for maths and 43% for physics and needed to jump at least three symbols to pursue his desire...
The race to become an Ikamvanite in 2011 starts with a bang
More than 350 learners accompanied by their parents, volunteers, NGO representatives and friends of IkamvaYouth from Ivory Park, Ebony Park, Rabie Ridge, Kaalfontein and surrounding areas filled the IkamvaYouth Centre hall to its capacity and listened...
IkamvaYouth Matrics above average all the way!
Lets compare… More than a week has passed since Ikamvanites along with their fellow Grade 12’s received their matric results. Whilst Ikamvanites are busy with registration and sorting out their accommodation etc we have taken...
IkamvaYouth Western Cape mourns the loss of Nomzamo Kali
Today ikamvanites attended a memorial service at UWC to celebrate the life of Nomzamo Kali, who was from the Makhaza Class of 2005. Nomzamo was a learner at Manyano High School when she became an ikamvanite, and she went on to achieve great things. She...
Great News: IkamvaYouth is recruiting!
On Saturday 22nd January 2011 the IkamvaYouth branches are opening their doors and welcoming all interested learners, volunteers, and parents. The Open Day is a chance for learners to meet other Ikamvanites who have been with the programme for the...
IkamvaYouth National Coordinator vacancy
IkamvaYouth is looking for a budding social entrepreneur to be our National Coordinator, who will coordinate programme delivery and organisational management. The National Coordinator will report to the national committee (natcom) and the board of trustees. ...
IkamvaYouth Coming to a TV Near You
Joe gets his showbiz on with the TalkSA crew. Be sure to tune your TV sets into SABC 2 on Tuesday at 11AM as Joe and crew from Ivory Park make their TV debuts on Talk SA. Talk SA is developing content around the theme of Nation Building and features...
IkamvaYouth Gauteng scores a 94% Matric Pass Rate and 82% Tertiary Access
It gives us great pleasure to report on the 2010 matric results for the Ivory Park branch of IkamvaYouth. Our first ever matric group benefitted tremendously from the collective efforts of a great group of volunteers through the countless hours of tutoring, career...
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Careers Indaba in Khayelitsha
Although the Careers Indaba happened *ages* ago, it was quite a crazy time for us and although we posted these pics and clips, we forgot to share the stories and news of what ended up being a really awesome day. Collaborating with Equal Education was...
“Wow! We did well!” Ikamvanites achieve excellent results yet again
So Andrew's matric result predictions were both spot on! While analysis and discussion on the second point will follow next week, today we're celebrating the first: that ikamvanites will once again excel :) Ikamvanites have shown, once again, that transformation...
Predicting the upcoming 2010 Matric Results
Right now there are many hundreds of thousands of ex-matriculants anxiously waiting for their Matric results to come out on Thursday 6 January 2011. With this in mind, I'd like to stick my neck out a bit and make two predictions for the 2010 Matric...
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