While visiting Vrygrond, the oldest township in Cape Town, I met with three inspirational youngsters who share their stories.

The South African government has introduced the IIAL into schools. The rationale is to improve multilingualism, promote social cohesion and to develop African languages as a significant way of preserving heritage and culture.

While South Africa's Youth Day highlights the everyday problems for young people, the struggle for a better quality of life continues.

The Paternoster Volunteer Project started in 2016 to provide an after-school programme to equip the children for a brighter future.

Cape Chameleon visited Butterfly Way Educare in Vrygrond, to find out how the staff and overseas volunteers spend their day with the children.

In South Africa, 600,000 children with disabilities are not in school, a figure that is detrimental to children, their families and society.

In the townships, young kids are often recruited by gang members to join their criminal network, these children are as young as 12 years old.

South Africa’s government faces a tight budget on one side and angry students on the other. Cooperation is needed to improve access to education.

Study in the shadow of Table Mountain and thrive in a multicultural campus at the heart of South Africa's most beautiful city. For more information call The IIE's Varsity College today.

Study in the shadow of Table Mountain and thrive in a multicultural campus at the heart of South Africa's most beautiful city. For more information call The IIE's Varsity College today.

With over 130 gangs in the Cape Flats area alone and membership in the hundreds of thousands, the effect of gang culture pervades the lives of many.

According to the NSRI, every year 600 children drown in South Africa. It is believed that 90% of these drownings are in pools and are under supervision.

Mandy Jorna volunteered at schools in Ghana. Smitten with the smiles and joy of the children, this collection of photos honours their time together.

Uncovering new educational teaching methods for Generation Z

According to UNICEF, many of the global under-five deaths occur in children already weakened by malnutrition. In 2010 this amounted to 4.2% of children under-five in the Western Cape being diagnosed as suffering severe malnutrition. On the opposite end of the scale, we have the South African Medical Research Council reporting that nearly 70% of South African women are both overweight and obese. This means it’s not uncommon to have an overweight parent, with an under-nourished child in the…

Brothers for All aims to equip offenders, ex-offenders and the underprivileged with coding skills to ensure that an aspirational job may be in their future.