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Crazy about chicken gizzards

With failure not an option, Luxolo Xengana (27) started an agro-processing business three years ago, selling chicken products at a competitive price to people in low-income communities.

Xengana, who grew up in Ennerdale, south of Johannesburg, says because he understands the struggles faced by vulnerable communities, he wants to make food affordable to all.

“My goal is affordable quality,” he says.

Pregnancy not an end to girls’ education

Schools must provide an environment that prevents inequality and unfairness towards pregnant learners, who have the right to education during pregnancy.

“No educator, school staff member or fellow learner may discriminate against, humiliate or abuse a learner physically, emotionally or psychologically, based on their pregnancy or post-pregnancy status,” says Department of Basic Education (DBE) Care and Support Chief Director Coceka Nogoduka.

Bridging the gap in the ICT sector

An ICT company  is demonstrating how the private sector can get involved in transforming the lives of South African children.

Learners at Ratasetjhaba Primary Farm School in Meyerton were overjoyed when they received a new computer lab from Information Communication Technology company Rectron.

The lab was donated to the school to bridge the gap in the digital market and help learners broaden their learning and skill set. Few of the learners have access to technology at home, says school principal Goitseng Mokele.

Struisbaai skills facility gives hope to high schoolers

For the first time in its history, Struisbaai in the Western Cape has a post-primary school education offering, thanks to a newly launched R36 million skills facility.

This was made possible by the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) and the Struisbaai SOS Funding Trust, which collaborated to develop an extension of Struisbaai Primary School that offers civil maintenance and food production courses.

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