by Nadeema Musthan | Jun 22, 2021 | Our News
Whenever we survey our readers and writers we ask them for suggestions on how we can improve what we do. We get a lot of useful feedback and try to put into action whatever we can, if realistic and possible. Apart from requests for more content, more courses and more...
by Nadeema Musthan | Mar 30, 2021 | Our News
On 16 February 2015, we published our first Inspiring Tomorrow feature article. Penned by Ndibulele Sotondoshe – who was a final year journalism student at CPUT at that time, the article featured Thulani Mbenge, a boxer from the Eastern Cape. Ndibulele told the...
by Team Fundza | May 20, 2020 | Our News
FunDza is happy to announce the 10 winners of the After Lockdown Writing Challenge that took place in April 2020 on FunDza’s WhatsApp portal. For the After Lockdown Writing Challenge, entrants were asked to imagine what life will be like after lockdown. They were...
by Team Fundza | May 17, 2020 | Our News
MEDIA STATEMENT Co-ordinated by the Western Cape Government Department of Cultural Affairs and Sports Department, in partnership with Community Chest, FunDza Literacy Trust and Assitej South Africa, the #Slam4urLife competition calls on young people to respond...
by Team Fundza | Apr 27, 2020 | Our News
Data and its handsome cost has and continues to be the game-changer where access to online information is concerned. The poorest of the poor are left behind due to the lack of data, while those who are able to access online platforms move ahead. So, following the...
by Team Fundza | Mar 23, 2020 | Our News
It was Human Rights Day on Saturday 21 March, and what better way for young people to commemorate it in these difficult times when they are stuck at home than to enter an online writing challenge launched by FunDza Literacy Trust? FunDza’s WhatsApp channel...
by Team Fundza | Sep 5, 2019 | Our News
The reported rape and murder of Uyinene Mrwetyana, a 19-year-old UCT student, has rocked the country and once again focused attention on how unsafe it is to a woman or girl growing up in South Africa. Uyinene Mrwetyana was allegedly attacked by a SA Post Office...
by Team Fundza | Apr 16, 2019 | Our News
Why do you read? Why does anyone read? Is it because it’s fun or relaxing or because you want to gain new knowledge? Is it to escape your current reality by traveling to far-flung ‘places’? Or is it perhaps to make new friends within the pages of a book?...
by Team Fundza | Apr 8, 2019 | Our News
To celebrate SA Library Week, FunDza hosted a fun ‘tea on Twitter’ chat on 20 March to get its readers and writers to engage with one another and to shine a light on literacy and the power of the pen… or in this case the pixel! FunDza posed seven...
by Team Fundza | Aug 27, 2018 | Our News
FunDza Literacy Trust has joined forces with Activate Change Drivers to promote an active citizenry and the love of reading through a show called #ActivateHour on Bush Radio 89.5FM. The radio show airs fortnightly on a Thursday from 3pm to 4pm. On the show, we discuss...
