PICS: From Cradle to Career: NGO’s 30-year journey!
AFRIKA Tikkun, one of Mzansi’s leading non-profit organisations, celebrates 30 years at the Wings of Life Centre in Diepsloot West The foundation has transformed kids’ lives across Mzansi. It celebrates the direct impact of its programmes on the youth and the community. Afrika Tikkun ensures kids have access to education, skills development, healthcare, and nutritional […]
It no longer takes a village to raise a child, it takes a nation
In South Africa, millions of children are born into circumstances that limit their access to quality early education. The belief that it takes a village to bring up a child guided our social fabric. But in today’s reality, amid deep inequality, widespread poverty and a persistent education crisis, it takes far more. Early childhood development […]
Keep dreaming: Wits law graduate says mentorship helped him defy the odds
When his mother passed away in 2003, not only was Ostern Kgoitsimodimo Tefo’s life shattered but he also became an orphan early in his life. Despite the loss, Tefo didn’t allow his circumstances to define his path in life. Raised by his grandmother, Beauty Gladys Tefo, in Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg, he kept dreaming beyond what seemed possible. […]
True freedom remains elusive unless all can access it
Three decades into democracy, too many South Africans with disabilities remain invisible, marginalised in education, employment, and public life. In classrooms across our nation, children with cerebral palsy, Down Syndrome, and other disabilities are still largely segregated—a profound form of discrimination that contradicts everything our constitution stands for. AS South Africa marks another Freedom Day, we must […]
