Siyafunda is providing digital skills workshops at Setshabelo Primary School in Welkom and Mathlasedi Primary School in Krugersdorp Digital skills workshops are being facilitated by JASA’s long-term partner Siyafunda over two days, where the students learn the basics of how to use a computer and are then exposed to the coding language Scratch. The hands-on […]
Month: November 2018
Opening up young minds to the potential of STEM2D
Grade 7 learners get their first taste of coding through in-school STEM 2D partnership with Standard Bank Tutuwa Community Foundation The Standard Bank Tutuwa Community Foundation is partnering with JASA to provide STEM2D Programmes to a cohort of learners, from five schools in three provinces, for six consecutive years, beginning this year when the group […]
JASA Success Skills graduates at Liberty Community College
Bank of Tokyo once again generously sponsored a JA Success Skills programme for Grade 10s at Liberty Community College At the graduation ceremony for the 25 participants, JA South Africa Programme Coordinator Elias Sebola spoke to Keoni Mzila and Elaine Mlilo, who were lucky to also attend a job shadow at the funder’s offices. Keoni […]
Nelly Mofokeng attended Accelerating Inclusive Youth Employment conference
Accelerating Inclusive Youth Employment conference – Nelly Mofokeng reports back In early October the Jobs Summit ended with an ambitious agreement that entailed a target of creating around a quarter of a million new jobs annually. This was followed by the fifth annual Accelerating Inclusive Youth Employment conference, convened in Stellenbosch towards the end of […]
Kliptown Youth Enterprise Development Programme Applications
Spaces still available for the Youth Enterprise Development Programme in Kliptown If you live in the area and you want to apply, please join the final briefing session on Tuesday 15 January at 10am at the Kliptown Youth Project, 49 Station Road, Kliptown. For enquiries, please call Thapelo Siasia on 011 528 8670. […]
Lamula Jubilee learners attend leadership camp at Bosco Youth Centre
Entrepreneurship Academy Programme beneficiaries from Lamula Jubilee Secondary School attended a leadership and teamwork camp at Bosco Youth Centre in Walkerville on Saturday morning. This programme, including this team building exercise, has been sponsored by Investec. JASA MD Nelly Mofokeng attended the event. “Honesty , integrity, confidence, humility, commitment, passion and empathy are some of […]