ACTIVATE! Youth Month Poetry Competition
Are you an Activator poet with an opinion on the state of the youth? Check out the brief below and write and/or record a poem…
Category: Voices
#WomenRightsAreHumanRights – We Are NOT Rocks!
By: Kay-Dee Mashile In an era where women being beaten and killed by their significant others is a norm, we need to do something that…
In sickness and in mental health
By Mbalenhle Buthelezi My grandfather says there is no handbook on how to survive a partner’s psychiatric crisis. The person he has known for more than…
My 2018
By: Nomvuyo Gladys Sebeko My 2018 My tears have formed a river that can’t be compared To any river that is known to be the…
Now that #FeesHaveFallen, what now?
Yesterday, parliamentarians were debating transformation at higher education institutions after the #FeesMustFall protests. Minister Blade Nzimande di…
5 mins with Fernando
Fernando Visagie is a 2013 Activator with a passion for driving change. Here he chats about overcoming circumstances in his past and his efforts to up…
GREEN ACTION
Over 250 youth from across South Africa gathered at The Innovation Hub in Pretoria to participate in the inaugural Green Youth Indaba on the 31 July 2…
Activator Recognised for Driving Change
With South Africas education system constantly making headlines for the wrong reasons, Activator Kefilwe Bopape is in the spotlight for making a posit…
WHAT IS LEADERSHIP
What is leadership? This is the question a group of youngsters from some of Cape Towns townships sought to answer as they spent a Saturday morning dis…
Championing the African Youth Charter
"Understanding the Economic and Political Landscape of Africa" was the theme for the recent African Youth Charter Summit (AYCS) hosted by Zayrah in Ma…
Spreading warmth in Standerton
Activator, Anele Cele, co-founder of Inhlosenhle Community Building (ICB), an organisation focused on broad-based challenges in the Standerton communi…
Dress Jozi 2014
More than 500 young people, including Johannesburg-based Activator, Mzwandile Msimang, joined forces to spread much needed warmth to the inner citys h…
5 mins with Florence
Florence Malahela talks about her hopes and dreams. She explains how ACTIVATE! has helped her discover other young people who have the same sentiments…
Ubuntu is not convenient
A friend of mine recently posted convenience doesn't work in humanitarianism. I took this to mean that being selective by what we can learn from Mande…
5 mins with Roxanne
Roxanne Denton is a second year Activator who is based in the Western Cape. We spent 5 minutes with her to find out what her passion is and how she ha…
Taking up the struggle against corruption
Corruption is rarely ever seen as a youth struggle. Corruption Watch took up this challenge by bringing together young people from across South Africa…
What makes a good leader?
The present generation of young people in South Africa has a responsibility, as tomorrows leaders, to re-write a narrative that is different from what…
Youth Month vs Youth Development
As much as we celebrate youth month and the impact the young people of 1976 made in South Africa, youth development is still a problem in SA, particul…
Photo exhibition: Protest against the self
An open air, free for all exhibition by Dean Jates at the Bonteheuwel Train Station garden on 01 June 2014. Dean Jates: The Active Citizenship Photogr…
Be28 Sets Out to Make a Habit of Success
The Be28 initiative, based on the principle that positive behavior can be established by 28 days of repetition, has taken up the challenge of developi…
