Events

Join us on 6 October for a webinar discussing why managing menstruation with dignity is a human right, and why product choice is an important part of bringing that right into reality.
Click here to register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_K90Dm89YRYOgMIvO7E5Ogg

Speakers and Topics

The SADC Secretariat, UNESCO, UNICEF and MIET AFRICA invite you to participate in and exchange between education leaders and stakeholders on good practices and challenges related to the re-opening of schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. See Invitation for more information and how to register your attendance.

B-BBEE for Education NGOs: Regional Workshops to be held in Gauteng, Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal

Following on from the Education NGO Leadership Summit, that was hosted by National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) in March 2016, a call for nominations was made for people to serve on an interim Education NGO Steering Committee. The Steering Committee met in December 2016 and has identified B-BBEE as a priority area for Education NGOs. Research has been commissioned, with support from the NECT, and three regional workshops are planned for March 2017:

● Johannesburg, 6 March 2017 09:00 – 12:00

● Cape Town, 7 March 2017 09:00 – 12:00

● Durban, 8 March 2017 09:00 – 12:00

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On 2 October 2015, the President, his Excellency Jacob Zuma, officially launched the Education Operation Phakisa — “Leveraging in ICTs to strengthen education in South Africa”. This hugely ambitious programmes seeks to roll out ICT in all schools in South Africa within the next four to five years.

The launch was the culmination of an intensive four-week “laboratory” that brought together some of the most important stakeholders in the sector to formulate detailed and sustainable implementation plans on how ICTs can best be used to leverage improved education outcomes in the country. The laboratory, held in Gauteng, lasted from 6 September to 1 October 2015. Participants included high-level officials from the Department of Basic Education and Provincial Education Departments, as well as sister government departments (including the Departments of Telecommunications & Postal Services; Science and Technology; Communications; and National Treasury), teacher unions and the business sector. MIET AFRICA was pleased to send a representative to participate on behalf of civil society.

Wathint’ abafazi, Wathint’ imbokodo! If you strike a woman, you strike a rock!

During August, South Africa celebrates the inspiring women (past and present) who have fought for women’s rights. MIET AFRICA is proud to highlight that its work has a strong focus on the upliftment of girl children and young women, reducing gender-based violence and other crimes committed against our female population. We strive to ensure equality, particularly when it comes to ensuring the right to education.

“Every year on 9 August we celebrate Women’s Day in South Africa, a public holiday that pays homage to the women of our nation; – the mothers, the wives, the sisters and the daughters who fought tirelessly against the tyranny of the Apartheid government.

“Inaugurated in 1994, along with a free, democratic South Africa, the public holiday commemorates a 1956 protest lead by Lilian Ngoyi,