“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela ‘Universal Children’s Day’ is a global initiative held annually on 20 November each year. With its key focus on ‘investing in our future means investing in our children’, it...
25 October 2021 – Northern Cape. Friday, 22nd October marked the last day of the week-long SIOC-CDT school’s eyesight campaign in the JTG District for 2021. Around 303 students from Galaletsang High School and Baitiredi Technical and Commercial High School in...
This September, South Africa will focus on several pressing healthcare issues as we observe ‘Eye Care Awareness’, ‘Oral Health’, ‘Heart Awareness’ and ‘National Month of Deaf People’. “This is an important month,” says Vusani Malie, CEO, SIOC-CDT. “It brings with it...
In the Northern Cape, a capacity building project, funded by the SIOC Community Development Trust (SIOC-CDT), that focuses on expanding the facilities for maternity care has been taking place since October 2019. The Northam Clinic Maternity Ward upgrade, funded by...
This week sees the handover of no fewer than 273 sets of school uniforms across 15 schools in the Northern Cape and Limpopo regions. As part of SIOC Community Development Trust’s (SIOC-CDT) Kanako Social Responsibility programme. “Our goal is to provide assistance and...
The Science and Mathematics at University of Stellenbosch (SciMathUS) programme provides a second opportunity for educationally disadvantaged learners to enter higher education studies in Mathematics, Science and Commerce-related fields. The programme, which turns 20...
SIOC-Community Development Trust (SIOC-CDT), rolls out vision care project to communities in the Northern Cape. Even before the pandemic hit us, it’s common knowledge that the South African public healthcare system was buckling under the pressure of a large population...
The SIOC Community Development Trust (SIOC-CDT) Board of Trustees Community Representatives Elections are set to take place on 9 and 10 April 2021. Independently managed by the Independent Elections Facilitators of Southern Africa (IEFSA), it will see the election of...
Access to sustainable and reliable water is not only critical, but fundamental to the provision of basic human rights. But it is not just ‘access’ to water that is key, says Vusani Malie, CEO of SIOC Community Development Trust (SIOC-CDT), but ‘convenient’ access that...