by Nadeema Musthan | Oct 26, 2021 | Our News |
Two years ago, the Western Cape branch of the Literacy Association of SA ran a very successful workshop with CPUT education students on writing academic essays. Then, with lockdown and the added stresses that this put on the students, CPUT lecturers asked if there was...
by Nadeema Musthan | Nov 17, 2019 | Our News |
For her Masters of Education research at the University of Witwatersrand, under the supervision of Dr Belinda Mendelowitz, Fatima Vally explored the impact that multimodal composition could have on the creative writing of a class of grade 7 learners. And, she used...
by Team Fundza | Apr 29, 2019 | Our News
On the 25th and 26th of March 2019 the WCED held a conference discussing the future of education in South Africa. FunDza was invited to attend the convention at the Cape Town International Convention Center as exhibitors and we left feeling inspired! There were...
by Team Fundza | Jul 16, 2018 | Our News
On the 10 July 2018, FunDza Literacy Trust was interviewed for a 30 minute long segment on Cape Town Tv’s Ekse Let’s Talk youth show with other community-based organisations working with young people in various South African communities. Through the...
by Team Fundza | Jun 18, 2018 | Our News
On June 14, FunDza Literacy Trust had the honor of participating in a round table discussion, organised by Nal’ibali, to delve into the intricacies of reclaiming African languages in the context of the education system. The event – attended by social activists, agents...
by Nadeema Musthan | Apr 11, 2018 | Our News
At FunDza, we have learnt that the best advocates of reading for pleasure are people who read themselves, and practice what they preach! So we were delighted to be invited by Shine Literacy to do a workshop with their young volunteers for their Khanyisa project. These...
by Nadeema Musthan | Mar 27, 2018 | Our News
Over the years FunDza has been asked by various organisations for online support in reading programmes using our appealing content. We first designed customised online courses for different groups such as the Year Beyond programme. Recently we have started creating...
by Team Fundza | Feb 10, 2018 | Our News
On Saturday, 10 February, FunDza hosted a ‘Creative Me’ workshop for Ikusasa Lelethu, a tutoring organisation that works with two schools in Khayelitsha. This group has a Grade 10 programme which tutors over 40 learners in mathematics, accounting, life...
by Carol Campbell | Nov 20, 2017 | Our News
The thick green vegetation and lazy rivers of KwaZulu-Natal’s south coast inspire exotic stories of adventure which is why a meeting of authors and artists in Ramsgate on November 11 and 12 for a book and art festival seemed a perfect fit. Mpume Makhaye, a writer and...
by Nadeema Musthan | Jul 26, 2017 | Our News
I was invited to give a talk at the School Librarians Conference about FunDza, and how we are getting young South Africans reading. (It was in Durban and I was hoping for warm weather, but sadly they were having a cold snap!) There were passionate and committed...
