by admin | Mar 4, 2015 | Education, English Please, Library (LRC), Literacy Projects, Wordworks
Masicorp is involved in several English literacy projects in Masiphumelele, which play a crucial role in promoting educational and business success for children and adults in the community. Children who live near or below the poverty line have much lower average...
by admin | Feb 2, 2015 | Bursary Programs, Education
Today sees the start of a new academic term at universities across the Western Cape. The final few of our continuing bursary students have returned to their student residences over the weekend. They have been joined by seven new students, for which we must thank the...
by admin | Jan 29, 2015 | Bursary Programs, Education
For most of our bursary students, the first priority after graduating is to find a job. That was not the case for Loyiso Tunce, who beaome the first of our students to complete a postgraduate qualification when he recently finished his Masters course in Town Planning...
by admin | Jan 23, 2015 | Fundraising News
Our team in the US (John & Carol Thompson, Jane Philippi) has wrapped up its 2014 fundraising season. When Masicorp started in 1999, all the funds raised were from friends of John & Carol in America. Now Masicorp’s support comes from the US, UK and South...
by admin | Jan 22, 2015 | Bursary Programs, Education
In 2011 Ziyanda Mwanda volunteered to work at the annual Careers Indaba at Masiphumelele library, which is where she came to hear about Masicorp. At the time she was in the second year of a BSc Biotechnology course at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). She had...