Category: September 2016

Last month witnessed the overhauling of local councils through the elections process. Opposition parties mounted a strong campaign against the ruling party and as a result many large councils are now going to struggle with coalitions. Here is an article which explains the way local governments function and what is their role. Clearly if our…

The final certification ceremony took place on 30 August 2016 at the Ritson Hall DUT. Speakers at the function included Paddy Kearney (GDT Chair); Kudzai Mqingwana (Sibaya Funding Manager); Geraldine Job (Dept. of Social Development Regional Coordinator); Professor Lortan (DUT, Head Community Engagement). The certification ceremony honoured the 93 practitioners from 5 areas in KwaZulu…

August marks the close of Phase/Year Three of the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Izimpande Zobuntu (Roots of Ubuntu) Values Education Project. In the third phase of the project the training model shifted from ‘train the practitioner’ to ‘train the trainer’. Each of the five trainers trained, in their areas, 20 ECD practitioners, totalling 100 trainees…