by Nadeema Musthan | Dec 13, 2021 | Our News
We first started our ‘developing young writers’ programme 10 years ago because our online readers were inspired by FunDza’s stories and wanted to write and get published too. Since the first Fanz pieces were published in May 2011 on fundza.mobi, we...
by Nadeema Musthan | Sep 11, 2021 | Our News
In June 2021, we won R25,000 for our pitch to the MTN Donors’ Den to develop an online course on entrepreneurship. (The Donor’s Den was part of the Trialogue Business in Society Conference, and this year’s theme focused on using technology in education.) Our online...
by Team Fundza | Sep 11, 2021 | Our News
By Marché Arends, Deputy Content Manager Much of what we do at FunDza is content creation. Through our weekly blogs like Mindspace, Did You Know and Inspiring Tomorrow we hope to inform, inspire and entertain our readers. Written and researched by our internal team of...
by Nadeema Musthan | May 11, 2021 | Our News
FunDza first met Njabulo Goba in 2020 when he was one of several talented young writers selected for our “Me With You: Sharing our Stories” writing project that involved 28 young writers in a virtual writing workshop series. At the end of the workshop...
by Nadeema Musthan | Apr 13, 2021 | Our News |
FunDza readers first came to know and love the Majola family when they met them in ‘Moving up with the Majolas’ a financial literacy project that FunDza ran at the end of 2019 and again in early 2020 with the support of the Momentum Metropolitan Foundation. At the...
by Nadeema Musthan | Apr 8, 2021 | Our News
On fundza.mobi we always have at least three free courses available. They are not accredited with any institutions, but those who complete the courses do get an electronic certificate. They are based our fabulous FunDza content, covering a range of topics from love...
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 | Mar 15, 2021 | Our News
FunDza is celebrating the rich diversity of languages in our country with a new ‘African Language Banner’ on its homepage and you can find it here. This is a space dedicated to publishing and promoting stories, essays, blogs, plays and poetry in African languages and...
by Nadeema Musthan | Apr 24, 2020 | Our News
Since the beginning of lockdown, FunDza has been working hard to be responsive to its online readers and writers by providing access to interesting and relevant content. FunDza has not only been commissioning additional articles and blogs that speak to issues that...
by Team Fundza | Apr 23, 2020 | Our News
PRESS RELEASE In celebration of World Book Day on 23 April, FunDza Literacy Trust, through its fundza.mobi online library for teens and young adults, is highlighting its most popular stories from the last few years. Every day more than 15,000 readers enjoy FunDza’s...
