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Names: Aviwe Nkani, Thabo Ngoxo & Siphelo Mvampantsi Community Issue: Education Hometown: Eastern Cape These three 2013 Trailblazers are teaching young people in the Lovers Twist village of Hamburg how to play a musical instrument. As participants at the Keiskamma Music Academy they have seen the impact of music and self-expression in their lives. The […]

Names: Siyamthanda Dyantyie, Vuyisa Ntsundwana & Sibusiswe Beja Community Issue: Youth Development Hometown: Eastern Cape Going by the name “Change Initators”, this group of three 2013 Trailblazers are tutoring primary school children and offering them homework classes to deter them from getting influenced into negative behaviours by older kids within the community. The primary school […]

Name: Mulisa Singo Community Issue: Gambling Hometown: Johannesburg, Gauteng Over the last few years Mulisa recognized the high amount of gambling activities that were taking place at his high school. After attending the 2013 Johannesburg enke: Forum, he then decided to focus his community action project on implementing and running various sporting activities at high […]

Name: Anelisa Valela Community issue: Artistic Expression Hometown: Eastern Cape Anelisa is passionate about poetry and the creative arts. Last month, in October 2013, she ran a workshop on the lawns outside her school where she invited local poets and artists to come and inspire the youth in her community. Her community action project continues to […]

Name: Lerato Maepa Community Issue: Education Hometown: Limpopo Lerato is passionate about mathematics and her community action project is working to improve the maths pass rate in the lower grades 8 to 9 at her high school, Kopa Secondary School, as she has seen that the lower grades are not performing well. She has noted […]

Name: Thato Sauhatse Community Issue: Youth Development Hometown: Orange Farm, Gauteng Thato lives in an informal settlement in Orange Farm and noted that there were no positive role models in his community and that the unemployed youth in his community often ended up being victims of crime and substance abuse, due to the high level of […]

Name: Pertunia Letsoalo Community Issue: Youth Develoment Hometown: Tzaneen, Limpopo Pertunia believes in the value of mentorship and learning through experience. Her community action project uses peer-to-peer mentorship to address the challenges that young people in her Limpopo community of Tzaneen are facing. She also runs bi-monthly interactive sessions to not only discusses immediate issues being […]

Name: Mduduzi Masilela Community Issue: Education Hometown: Limpopo, Gauteng Mduduzi ran an educational orientated community action project (CAP) at his high school, Hlabi Senior Secondary School in Limpopo. As a Grade 11 student at the time, he decided to focus on providing tutoring and extra lesson classes in Maths and Physics, to Grade 10’s and […]

Name: Aqeelah Van Schyff Community Issue: Youth Development Hometown: Cape Town, Western Cape Aqeelah decided to start a community action project (CAP) in 2012, focused on the upliftment of young people in and around her community. As a means of doing this she decided to combine her own passion for music, as a tool of […]

Name: Paul Tsiri Community issue: Youth Empowerment Home Town: Dendron, Limpopo Summary of Community Action Project (CAP): Paul Tsiri is from the Limpopo province and is passionate about education and finding a means of keeping learners motivated towards achieving academic excellence. As part of his Community Action Project in 2012, Paul decided that he would […]