The academic year in South Africa has been slightly delayed following last year’s #FeesMustFall protests, but this week a new cohort of first years students have registered at universities across the city. This includes eight new Masicorp bursary recipients from … Continue reading →
Last weekend we met up with the graduates from our bursary programme as we held our second alumni event, once again at the Kelvin Grove Club in Newlands. It was a slightly large event than our first meeting as we … Continue reading →
It has been almost two years since our American founders were last here in Masiphumelele, but we are pleased to say the team has arrived back in South Africa and is visiting our projects this summer. One of the first inspections … Continue reading →
We are very grateful to Sports Trader for their hard work in sourcing tracksuits and other sports kit for the pupils of Ukhanyo School. The full story was recently published on the Sports Trader web site and is reproduced here. … Continue reading →
The work that we do in the community of Masiphumelele would not be possible without the time and commitment given by our amazing team of volunteers. As a thank you for their efforts this year we recently hosted a small … Continue reading →
The Masicorp Annual General Meeting was held in the language lab at Ukhanyo School in Masiphumelele on 10th December 2015. Our thanks to everyone that was able to attend and contributed to a successful meeting. For those unable to attend the … Continue reading →
Last Saturday was a big day for Wendy Ryan, the manager of the Evangeline Ministries / Masicorp life skills program. Wendy was back in her native USA at the invitation of Dr Tony Compolo from Eastern University in St. Davids, … Continue reading →
Twice a year we hold a graduation day for students that attend the the Evangeline Ministries life skills programme. Regular blog readers will recall our report in July from the first of 2015’s graduates. The course, which is part funded by … Continue reading →
A devastating fire has once again affected Masiphumelele. Sunday mornings fire is one of the largest that has affected the community in recent years, with over 1,000 structures destroyed and 4,500 people left homeless. Many of them have lost everything … Continue reading →
One year ago the teacher resource room at Ukhanyo School looked like this – more of a cluttered storeroom really. Masicorp volunteers Fran Louden and Paul Dibley put forward a proposal to refurbish the room and create a space that … Continue reading →