International Literacy Day

Posted on September 08, 2021

Since 1967, International Literacy Day (ILD) celebrations have taken place annually to show the importance of literacy as a matter of dignity and human rights. According to UNESCO, ILD aims to advance the literacy agenda towards a more literate and sustainable society. IDL 2021 will be celebrated...

#Choose to Challenge: the Value of Women - How We Overlook the Value of Women

Posted on August 30, 2021

In the modern world, women are needed and utilised more than ever. However, society still struggles to see the actual value of women and their contributions to the world we live in. By not acknowledging the true value of women, we as people are doing ourselves a disservice.

NewsClips (27/08/2021)

Posted on August 27, 2021

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World Humanitarian Day- #theHumanRace

Posted on August 19, 2021

World Humanitarian Day is observed on the 19th of August annually and focuses on humanitarian aid workers who put their lives in danger to assist individuals impacted by crises such as: famine, lack of education, displacement, natural disasters, war and access to basic goods and services.

NewsClips (13/08/2021)

Posted on August 13, 2021

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Celebrating International Youth Day: Re-imagining tomorrow: our turn, our time, our future – A teacher’s perspective

Posted on August 12, 2021

Towards the end of 2019 and at the beginning of 2020, people all over the world were forced to adapt to and embrace the ‘new normal’—the term coined to describe the regulations introduced due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic (Yanow & Good 2020). The pandemic enforced a...

Leaving no one behind: Indigenous peoples and the call for a new social contract

Posted on August 12, 2021

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, on 9 August, seeks to promote and protect the rights of the world's indigenous population. The day also honours the accomplishments of indigenous peoples and their contributions in the fields of social and human rights and sustainable...

Celebrating National Women’s Day with Women who Inspire

Posted on August 05, 2021

The month of August has been dear to South Africa since 1956. On 9 August 1956, nearly 20 000 women marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest against legislation aimed at tightening the apartheid government’s control over the movement of black women in urban areas.