Makhanda BookDashX

From 26 - 29 August 2021, CSD launched the Makhanda BookDashX project in collaboration with Amazwi South African Museum of Literature. The project was put together in celebration of CSD's 40 year anniversary this year.

CSD and Litasa collaborated on International Book Day.

CSD in partnership with Litasa distributed books sponsored by Biblionef to a Soup Kitchen, Children's Home and three ECD Centres on International Book Day.

Jenny Hodgskiss in Kuruman, Northern Cape with our new cohort of B.Ed 1st Years

Jenny Hodgskiss coordinated a 3 day face-to-face Contact Session with the new B.Ed 1st Years in Kuruman, Northern Cape. They stayed and worked at the Meriting Lodge provided excellent venues and service.

Takalani Sesame Workshop International

We at the Centre for Social Development, in collaboration with Takalani Sesame Workshop International are hosting a Play to Learn Initiative which aims to build capacity in Grade RR and to link the National Curriculum Framework for Birth to Four to the CAPS curriculum with Grade R in the Foundation Phase. It focuses on school readiness activities for parents to do with their children at home. The pilot project will be trialed in two districts in 2021 - Buffalo City and Makana - so that both urban and rural populations are included in the pilot period.