Love yourself throughout the year
With the month of love just behind us, we want to remember to carry this feeling into the rest of the year. It’s important to remember that whether you’re dating someone or not, one relationship that’s always with you is the relationship with yourself. Despite this, it’s often the most neglected relationship we have. We can’t manifest […]
Women’s Month 2021: Recognising female changemakers redefining gender equality in STEM
Every Women’s Month we recognize and honour the countless women who fought the oppressive and racialized systems that tried to reduce women’s power and agency. This year, Women’s Month has taken place under the theme of “Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights for an Equal Future.” Generation Equality is a UN Women movement, aiming to fight […]
Transforming Education Through Distance Learning
“Learning under lockdown for me is much like using immobility as a means for transportation. It just doesn’t make sense.” – Lang, S, 2020 (a quote from “Learning Under Lockdown: Voices of South Africa’s Children”) As I read the testimonies written by South African teenagers experiencing “learning under lockdown,” I am left feeling utterly helpless […]
How corporates can improve their longevity by unlocking South Africa’s education potential
South Africa faces an education crisis, and is falling behind the global curve in education quality and quantity. The national education deficit is especially apparent in Maths and Science, where the World Economic Forum (WEF) ranked South Africa 128th out of 137 countries in 2018. Over the past 3 years, the number of South African […]