Kingsley Holgate on a new adventure
One of Africa’s most well known explorers, few have seen the continent of Africa the way Kingsley Holgate has. He has been in practically every country on the continent carrying out amazing humanitarian and aid work. A fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Kingsley is also known as the ”Grey Beard of Africa”. His tightly knit team comprises of his wife Gill, his son Ross, daugher in-law Anna, his grandson Tristan as well as humanitarian volunteers and journalists. He believes that “a person is a person through other people” and it is this motto that has...
Read MoreTrevor Noah on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
South African funny man Trevor Noah made his debut appearance on America’s favourite late night talk show “The Tonight Show” with host Jay Leno last week. Trevor is currently one of SA’s leading comics and his brief stand-up stint during the show was well recieved by the American studio audience. We wish Trevor all the best for his future endovours in the US and have every faith that he will do SA proud. Incase you missed it, check out this video… Trevor Noah on The Tonight...
Read MoreDevelopment Through Education
An interesting article was posted in the Mail&Guardian newspaper recently highlighting the importance of knowledge and innovation. It spoke about the impact of education on the development of a country and compared South Africa’s statistics to those of the other Brics nations that include Brazil, Russia, India and China. It covers the strategy of a development document put together by the National Planning Committee. According to the strategy titled “the 2030 vision”, emphasis must be placed on innovation and stems from a belief that the development of knowledge at tertiary level...
Read MoreRachel shares her internship experience with us
It’s been an exceptional year for us at Development Works and the if i could… internship program keeps going from strength to strength. At the moment one of our current interns, Rachel, who has been with us for the past 2 months now has only had great things to say about her media internship at Heart Radio in Cape Town. “I have been in South Africa for exactly two months now, but I feel like it’s been ages. Let’s say about eight months; I feel like I am already part of the country; I feel like I shouldn’t even be exited about it. Why do I feel this way? My...
Read MoreIntern Chatter: Working at Heart 104.9FM
Many times, we tune to our favorite radio station and listen to the content being read and shared by presenters or rather our much loved presenters. Honestly speaking, even I was like that just before I got the opportunity to intern with Heart radio. I took things for granted. The best thing I did was to just listen laugh, criticize (which is OK) and turn off the radio when I felt like turning it off- I thought radio was a piece of cake! Working with Heart radio has changed my thoughts and behavior towards life, but let me not go there yet. I work with the “Phat Joe morning breakfast...
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