Youth

Friday 18 September is Do It Day – the big day each year when South Africans join forces to paint, plant, clean, read, teach and empower their communities. This year we’re calling for a ‘National Strike’ – not to down tools, but rather to pick them up to fight poverty and underdevelopment around the country. With the backing of organised celebrities, business, civil society and thousands of ordinary citizens possibly even the President himself, Do It Day 2009 is going to be the biggest yet

It is hard enough for girls and women to deal with harassment and abuse in our every day physical spaces – of work, school, home - but what about when it happens in virtual spaces? How do we control what happens in cyberspace? Girls’Net recognises these challenges and has launched the "Keep your chats exactly that!" campaign to address violence against girls in online spaces.

What is the connection between digital-gaming and education? Is it possible that digital games can be used as a learning tool? What would a ‘learning game’ look like?

The current literacy crisis is a battlefield of self-interest. We should challenge the agendas of big ABET service providers and inept bureaucrats who do not promote the mother tongue.