by Team Fundza | Nov 29, 2019 | Our News
On 3 October 2019, FunDza launched the ‘Moving Up with the Majolas’ course competition, in partnership with the Momentum Metropolitan Foundation. Through the course competition, participants were introduced to the Majola family who were facing a range of difficult...
by Team Fundza | May 3, 2019 | Our News |
We all have something that is special to us – perhaps it is something that someone gave you, or something you found, or something you saved up for. These special things come with memories and stories attached… FunDza ran a writing competition inviting entrants to...
by Team Fundza | Jan 18, 2019 | Our News
In December FunDza ran (for the fourth year in a row) a survey competition for its Fanz readers on the fundza.mobi platform. Through the survey FunDza gets a mass of information about its online readers, their reading habits and needs. This valuable information...
by Team Fundza | Sep 27, 2018 | Our News
For the past couple of years FunDza’s spent the entire month of September celebrating literacy in one way or another. September is traditionally packed full with literacy and literature events – from International Literacy Day (celebrated on 8 September...
by Team Fundza | Aug 27, 2018 | Our News |
In the month of June 2018, we sent a call out to writers between the ages of 13 to 25 years to write about their “Inspirational Icons and Everyday Heroes” for our writing competition. Using the lives of our late president Nelson Mandela and the celebrated...
by Team Fundza | Jul 26, 2018 | Our News
The Chrysalis Academy and the FunDza Literacy Trust both believe that young people have the potential to contribute positively to a changing society. Chrysalis runs holistic programmes for young people in the Western Cape focusing on an individual’s individual...
by Team Fundza | Jul 10, 2018 | Our News
Johannesburg City Libraries’ Library and Information Services eLearning Unit ran an essay writing competition in collaboration with the FunDza Literacy Trust from 1 April to 31 May 2018. The intention of the competition was to promote eLearning services to the...
by Nadeema Musthan | May 28, 2018 | Our News
When I think of home I think of comfort, a retreat from the world, a space for family and friends, a place for reflection and introspection. My home is a safe space. My community is largely safe too. Of course there is crime but it doesn’t impinge too much on my life:...
by Team Fundza | Jan 22, 2018 | Our News
Another season, another competition! With almost 2,000 responses, we received so much quality feedback from our readers and writers. This is vital information that we use to improve our offering, to learn about our Fanz readers, their lives and needs, and to grow our...
by Team Fundza | Dec 1, 2017 | Our News
Competitions are always my favourite thing at FunDza! Making the calls to the winners, to inform them that they have won, is a highlight. It’s also a tricky time: so many wonderful submissions but the winning is limited to just a select few! Making the decision...
