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Meet Our New Online Media Team

Two new staff members have joined Impumelelo as our new online media team to help strengthen our media and advocacy programme.

Where has Impumelelo Been?

 

The Impumelelo Master Class Coming to the Eastern Cape!

 

Look out for an Impumelelo Evaluator at a Project Near You!

The 2012 Impumelelo Award Cycle has entered its second phase!

Internship Programme News

Feb 2012

Who Visited Impumelelo?

 

Finding and celebrating what works in South Africa

Lauren Kahn from the Young Foundation visited Impumelelo and shared with us her experience of learning about social innovation in SA.

The Weekly 'Servicing Delivery' Column: Creating the Right Skills for the Job Market

The low numbers of economically-active people in South Africa are alarming. In 2001, 16.5million people were active in the job market and this number had grown to 17.1million in 2010 - an increase of only 538 000 people in nine years.

The Weekly 'Servicing Delivery' Column: Recycling Food

Food wastage is a global problem; in fact 1.3billion tons of food is wasted annually. As the twelfth biggest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world, South Africa wastes large quantities of food particularly in a country where 14million are vulnerable to food insecurity.

The Weekly 'Servicing Delivery' Column: Coffins Against Climate Change!

Seven years ago surveys revealed South Africans spent more time at funerals than at weddings and with the 400 000 people who die of AIDS annually it makes sense. However, in a society where funerals convey cultural prestige, the poor spend enormous amounts of money on funerals transforming burial societies into lucrative businesses.

The Weekly 'Servicing Delivery' Column: The Future of Low Cost Housing in SA!

More often than not, ‘RDP houses’ in South Africa do not improve quality of life of the poor. Poorly constructed, these houses have no gutters, multiple plug-points or even ceilings. They end up being a serious financial and health burden for families - and government!

The Weekly 'Servicing Delivery' Column: It Makes Rands and Sense to Recycle!

Only 18.6% of the 2.2 million disabled people in South Africa are employed. In response to this “silent crisis”, the Oasis Association supports the disabled and their family members in a sustainable and creative way.

The Weekly 'Servicing Delivery' Column: Meet SA's Oxford in the Karoo!

When it comes to education, rural kids suffer enormous deficits: under-qualified teachers, inadequate classrooms and relevant curricula. However, providing educational infrastructure is one thing – getting the best out of pupils is another. Just ask the Hantam Community Education Trust (Hantam).

The Weekly 'Servicing Delivery' Column: Menstruation – An Obstacle to the Education of the Girls

Thandeka* started menstruating last year and has not told her grandmother. She believes her grandmother “will accuse [her] of having sex with boys”. Thandeka is not alone.

The Weekly 'Servicing Delivery' Column: Just a Different Class

The Christel House School in Cape Town says it best: "Poverty is no deterrent for the self-determination that comes from good education".

The Weekly 'Servicing Delivery' Column: 'Reaping the Rewards'

One educational model par excellence, which if replicated, could change the fate of tertiary education in South Africa!

Ubom! Eastern Cape Theatre Company Rocked Lusaka!!

 

Amadlelo Agri's new Eastern Cape Farming Projects

 

Internship Programme News

 

Impumelelo's Newest Staff Member