MANDELA DAY – AFRIKA TIKKUN’S GOT TALENT
What the day is all about This event is the highlight of the year for many of our children – through our Child and Youth Development programmes we work holistically on the emotional, intellectual,...
View ArticleA Promise we can relate too…
Imagine being unable to fully express yourself verbally? To not be able to ask for things or show gratitude by saying thank you? This has been the existence of Promise, a 5 year old boy, who has been...
View Article25th May – Africa Day
I am an African by Former President Thabo Mbeki I owe my being to the hills and the valleys, the mountains and the glades, the rivers, the deserts, the trees, the flowers, the seas and the...
View ArticleUSING TECHNOLOGY TO DRIVE INNOVATION & SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
WE INVITE YOU TO A BUSINESS TALK ON USING TECHNOLOGY TO DRIVE INNOVATION AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP JOIN EXPERTS IN THE WORLD OF TECH AND INNOVATION AS THEY DISCUSS THE OPPORTUNITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA...
View ArticleKids and Corporates Unite Through Sport and Culture
On Mandela Day, Saturday July 18th, over 1,500 children from the townships around Johannesburg gathered at Wanderers Stadium, along with their parents and corporate supporters for the ninth annual...
View ArticleSA social media campaign is changing lives
Like Change is an innovative social media initiative led by Afrika Tikkun – a South African NGO working to sustainably end poverty in six communities across South Africa. The campaign aims to galvanise...
View ArticleA Young Girl matures into a Formidable Woman
Nthabiseng Mangoele is the only girl in a family of 4 children. She was admitted into the CYD programme in 2012, when she was in Grade 11. She needed support on subjects she was not confident with....
View ArticleMorongwa Ramosobane Makes Us Proud – Elected Chairperson of South African...
Meet Morongwa Ramosobane from our Diepsloot Youth programme . Morongwa was recently selected as an Honourable parliamentarian to represent children’s issues in South Africa’s Parliament. The process...
View ArticleFinding Courage Hope Restored
Raised in the streets of Alexandra, is 32-year old Anitah Mathabathe. She is registered with Afrika Tikkun to study Computer Literacy. As soon as she started the training Anita showed great interest...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Partnership between Afrika Tikkun USA and Shea Yeleen.
Announcing the Partnership between Afrika Tikkun USA and Shea Yeleen–a collaboration designed to support sub-Saharan African communities. November 24, 2015—Afrika Tikkun USA and Shea Yeleen are...
View ArticleBERTIE LUBNER RECOGNISED FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICES TO SOUTH AFRICAN JEWRY
On Sunday 22 November, Bertie Lubner, founder of Afrika Tikkun, was awarded with the Eric Samson Mendel Kaplan Communal Service Award for distinguished services to South African Jewry, the State of...
View ArticleSafety Matters For Young Women-By Nehwoh Belinda
The theme for 2015 16 Days of Activism on Violence Against Women and Children is “From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World: Make Education Safe for All”. This resonates well with the thousands of...
View ArticleA Heroes Journey- Lesedi
Lesedi (15) is currently in Grade 9. She is the only child of her mother, who passed away after a long battle with HIV. The only memory she has of her are the pictures she keeps. She has never met...
View ArticleAfrika Tikkun USA’s 2nd Annual Mandela Legacy Week featured in Black...
Afrika Tikkun USA’s 2nd Annual Mandela Legacy Week was featured by Black Enterprise Magazine as one of four key events honoring Nelson Mandela’s legacy....
View ArticleMourning the Passing of Bertram “Bertie” Lubner, Co-founder and former...
Afrika Tikkun joins with the Lubner family in mourning the passing of Bertie Lubner, a remarkable and beloved friend of South Africa, and indeed humanity. Formerly, Joint Chair and Chief Executive of...
View ArticlePosthumous Honourary Doctorate awarded to the late Bertie Lubner
The late Bertie Lubner, who passed away in April this year, was on May 31 awarded a posthumous honourary doctorate from the American University of Paris. As Celeste Schenk, the President of the...
View ArticleMandela Week demonstrates the power of shared purpose
Starting this Mandela Day, Monday 18 July until Saturday the 23rd. 20 companies, including prominent public figures and government will be joining hands at Afrika Tikkun’s Centres of Excellence in a...
View ArticleMeet Sipho Phanuel Mamise, Diepsloot’s General Manager with a heart of gold.
Sipho Mamize was born in Tembisa, a township he would fondly joke about from time to time. He received his bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from the University of Limpopo (Turfloop) in the 2000,...
View ArticleLighting the Candle in South Africa’s Education System
The installation was created in Afrika Tikkun’s Uthando Centre Dining Room Public Protector Thuli Madonsela and one of South Africa’s foremost fashion icons, Gert Johan Coetzee...
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