Heritage: a celebration of who we are
A person's heritage is made up of the practices and traditions that are passed on from parents to children and how we acknowledge one anothers identit…
Category: Voices
A time to sing, a time to dance African Tales
In recent times, we have increasingly seen the narrative of development revolve around the economy and some or other form of industrialisation. This i…
Volunteer Day: The Beautiful Game
Activator Khaya Phenduka, was unsure about how he would spend his volunteer day and where. Being as passionate as he is about soccer, he just couldnt …
An African example in global citizenship education
Injairu Kulundu, trainer and Western Cape team leader will be flying the ACTIVATE! flag high at the UNESCO Technical Consultation on Global Citizen Ed…
Young People: unedited, unscripted and unapologetic
Cathy and Keith joined ACTIVATE! in 2013. The idea for Youth Interpreter came about during the first module of the training programme. While we were d…
Know Your Municipality
In Module 2, Activators explored their municipality and respective IDPs (Integrated Development Plans). In this home task, Activators researched munic…
Activator Story: Second Year Event
On 12th of August, I woke up with a smile on my face, thinking about the week I had ahead of me. It had been over six months since last I was in an in…
Young Change Makers
Activator Tshepo is a 3rd year law student at the University of the Free State. He helped to start an organisation called Young Change Makers. He tell…
Activator Story: Lejweleputswa Exchange
First year Activators Action and Themba are organising an Exchange in the Lejweleputswa District in the Free State. The theme for the Exchange is Crim…
Activator Mandilakhe talking about youth opportunities
Activator Mandilakhe tackles the question "Are there any opportunities available for the youth?"