Good News

BULLETIN 15 November

Good afternoon, here is your Good News:

# A new initiative that empowers grandmothers to become literacy champions in their communities has been launched in Alexandra, Johannesburg. The Masifunde GOGO Reading Club, co-founded by Literacy4Life, aims to foster intergenerational literacy and a love of reading. With over four million children in South Africa raised by grandmothers, this initiative seeks to highlight the pivotal role that they play in education, especially in the face of the country’s low literacy rates. The programme encourages grandparents to read aloud to children while also providing literacy resources.

# Breadline Africa will give 240 underprivileged children their first-ever beach day experience at St James Beach in Cape Town this December. Over four days, children from underserved communities will enjoy games, sandcastle building, exploring tidal pools, and a delicious lunch. With help from Shark Spotters, they will also learn about the ocean and water safety. Breadline Africa is inviting businesses and individuals to support the initiative by being part of the experience and helping create these unforgettable memories.

# The University of Pretoria’s Life Changers Fund has set a fundraising goal of 2.2-million-rand. The fund supports health sciences students facing financial challenges. Aspiring healthcare professionals are helped in covering essential costs such as tuition, accommodation, and transport. Standard Bank recently donated 100-thousand-rand to the fund. The university’s professor Tiaan de Jager says each student supported by the Life Changers Fund is one step closer to becoming a skilled healthcare professional who can serve communities.

# The Tshwane University of Technology has congratulated its Motion Picture Production student, Murena Netshitangani, who won the overall Student Film of the Year Award at the Motion Picture Production Awards. His winning film, The Duality, is a very personal account of being torn between two religions. The 33-year-old received a cash prize of ten-thousand-rand sponsored by the Joburg Film Festival. Netshitangani dedicated the award to his late father, who would have featured in the film but passed away before it was shot.

# And finally: A one-thousand-700-piece private collection of Chinese ceramics with an estimated value of 23-billion-rand has been donated to the British Museum, a record for any UK institution. The central London museum announced that the trustees of the Sir Percival David Foundation had gifted the collection permanently to go on public display. David, who died in 1964, was a British businessman and Sinophile who collected ceramics from Europe, Japan, Hong Kong and China. His collection had been on loan to the museum since 2009.

Stay tuned for more news………….