Cape Peninsula University of Technology Equal Education Society

28/06/2020

We shall have quality education in our life time!

[Panel discussion] [Charter for an Equal Education] Join us on our page on Monday 29 June for the second of our Charter for an Equal Education pre-launch panel discussions.

Topic: Principles for grassroots organising in times of crisis
Time: 3pm
Where: EE page

01/01/2019

We would like to wish you all a wonderful and prosperous new year.

02/05/2018

Snake Nation Society, is an entrepreneurial society that promotes entrepreneurship among students raging from Digital, Graphic, Poetry, Music, Fashion to IT.

We believe in all forms (legal) of entrepreneurship. Our attitude is do or die, hence the slogan live free and die rowdy.

We host pitching sessions on-and-off campus, where we allow students to pitch their business ideas to a panel of potential investors. We also host Hackathons, Poetry Leagues and Business Worships and Seminars.

On Friday, 04 May 2018, we will be launching our structure for the 2018 year at CPUT District Six Campus at Lecture Theatre 6 at 15:00.

The launch will feature the Global CEO of Snake Nation, Carl Karter, and Head of Brand Marketing for Capitec Bank, Sbusiso Khumalo.
Come and engage with these two business moguls.

REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED.

27/10/2017

See you at 15:00

27/07/2017

Equal Education invites learners to an Open Day to assist grade 11 and 12 with university applications and opportunities abroad.

Venue: Isivivana Centre opposite Home Affairs
Date: 29 July 2017, Saturday
Time: 10:00 - 13:00

Various institutions are invited to provide an in-depth presentation to assist with career choice.

Please bring your ID document and your your your results in order proceed with the applications for learners.

15/09/2016

CPUT STUDENTS PLEASE TAKE NOTE:

There will be two pitching sessions taking place today, Thursday, 15 September 2016 and tomorrow, Friday, September 16 2016 at Cape Town campus.
Both pitching session will begin at 15:00 at the Admin Building, Atrium, Seminar Room 2

The pitching session taking place today will cover three aspects:
1. Retail
2. Making banking easier
3. Safety and security (on and off campus)

All interested students who will pitch their ideas will have an opportunity to showcase their business ideas to Nedbank and Atterbury and, if successful, win a share of over R80 000 (Nedbank Challenge), R150 000 (Santam Challenge) and R150 000 (Attacq Challenge) of seed funding plus R150 000 worth of incubation support for each challenge in the Nedbank Stellenbosch University LaunchLab facility.

The partnership will be driven by the LaunchLab’s Breakthrough Innovation Platform to capture new ideas and business models that can change the future of banking, safety and retail industry. This includes the business incubator’s Ideas and Lift-Off Programmes that allow corporates to access external breakthrough innovations in their industry.

The bookings to secure a pitch slot is open and students can secure their pitch slots at participating campuses, more details can be found on links below.
We would love to secure a pitching venue at your campus, on the 15th of September to make it convenient for your students. The venue can be a small office, classroom or a meeting room, as long as it is noise free. (We only need it to do pitch recording)

Pitching Platform on our website:
http://www.launchlab.co.za/attacq/
http://www.launchlab.co.za/nedbank/
http://www.launchlab.co.za/santam/

The Friday the session will cover:
1. Retail Pitching

All students that are interested are invited to come forward and pitch their retail idea. Truworths will be sponsoring:
1. R 1 000 Best fashion idea/ best retail idea
2. R 1 000 best general Idea

Truworths is willalso be scouting for fashion designers, entrepreneurs and for talent to work for Truworths as employees. This could be in IT, Marketing, Fashion, Accounting etc.

Should you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to contact Luchulumanco 062 685 4615


NB: The challenge is open to all students, but may be relevant to Fashion Design, Real Estate, Retail, IT, Accounting and Engineering students . The ideas can be at concept or ideation stage, they will get support through the LaunchLab to take the ideas to the next stage.

06/09/2016

In the news today...

"November 29 2016 should be the day on which we can celebrate the electrification of every school, the eradication of thirst and the safety of every classroom, but this looks unlikely", says our General Secretary, Tshepo Motsepe in today's The Star.

Read the Op-Ed here: http://www.iol.co.za/the-star/join-us-in-the-struggle-to-fixourschools-2064614

15/06/2016

EE Deputy General Secretary Ntuthuzo Ndzomo will feature on the panelist. Do join us for an open, robust, critical and constructive dialogue.

CPUT Cape Town LSRC presents: Transformation and Decolonisation Open Dialogue on 17 June, 2016. See attached poster for more info.

08/06/2016

INTRODUCTION OF CPUTEES LEADERSHIP

ZINTLE TOMOSE - MEDIA AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY

Zintle, is one sophisticated young activist who always strived for equal and quality education by participating and engaging in spaces where youth views are being raised and derived into solutions.

She has aligned herself in civil right society NPO/NGO which plays a vital role in disadvantaged communities. She also worked directly in community organizing and youth empowerment programs, where she developed to produce her own project.
In High School, 2011, she committed herself in engaging with Equal Education as an Equalizer (learner), where I was taught about historical and current news that occurred in that particular spaces and statuses internationally and countrywide and also enlightened about issues that strangled her success in passing at school, such as the regulation Norms and Standards. A skilled that she left with was, to interpret, analyse and communicate.
Due to financial crisis, she couldn’t attend university in that particular year, she applied for work at Equal Education as a Community Leader (CL); as to be a trained facilitator, the bridge between volunteer facilitators and the management, to facilitate learner at various schools in the Western Cape, COSAT was one of them and engage in meetings with volunteer facilitator about programmes we need to run and also with other organization.
The following year, she got admitted at CPUT Bellville at the Department she forever imagined herself in, the Department of Mathematics and Physics, she have never been thrilled than being part of the department.

Her engagement and participating with EE never ended, she continued being a volunteer facilitator, in Khayelitsha, Nyanga and Kraaifontein.

In 2015 at the Equal Education’s National Congress, she was elected as a Post School Youth Representative to serve the masses, as she has remained the partaking on Equal Equation Campaigns in transferring the information to the masses.

07/06/2016

INTRODUCTION OF CPUTEES LEADERSHIP

LUCHULUMANCO NANTO – CHAIRPERSON

Luchulumanco, is a young visionary leader that is an orator and has shown a strong sense of governance. He has lead in most structures within the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) and has worked with numerous NGO’s and NPO’s to initiate and launch community developmental programs. He is a young activist, striving for:
• A free and qualitative education system in South Africa
• Equality within the education system of South Africa. Both the Basic and Higher Education sectors
• Zero illiteracy rate
• Zero HIV infections
• Zero Gender based violence
• Non-sexist South Africa
• Gender equality
• Fighting against alcohol and substance abuse
• Pushing African Leadership

In 2013 he joined Equal Education (EE) in King Williams Town, Eastern Cape, where he was the co-head facilitator of the province. In 2014 he moved to the Western Cape province to continue with his studies where he enrolled for a ND Accounting at the CPUT Cape Town campus. In the same year he became a facilitator at Sizimisele Technical High School in Khayelitsha. In 2015 he helped launch the CPUTEES at the CPUT Cape Town campus. In 2016 he was elected as the First Chairperson of the society.

07/06/2016

INTRODUCTION OF CPUTEES LEADERSHIP

BUHLE BOOI – DEPUTY CHAIRPERSON

Buhle Booi is a young activist that believes that it is essential for youth to advocate for qualitative education, so as to create a brighter future for the next generation. He has assumed many leadership roles from his time in High School. He has been the Deputy President of the RCL, a Peer Educator and also in his matric year he was the President of COSAS at his High School.
He has played an instrumental role at Equal Education (EE) the movement of learners, teachers, parents and community members fighting for equal and quality education in South Africa. .

He has served in EE’s Leadership Committee (LC) representing his peers, Equalisers, and he has also been the spokesperson of Equalisers within the movement. Members of the movement have vocally expressed their confidence in him by electing him as the National Deputy Chairperson (Equaliser) of the movement. Serving in both the National Council and the Secretariat Office of EE.

He is now volunteering as a facilitator of the City Bowl area; this is to awaken leaners about their situations in education and what they can do to fix them. He sees the work that he does with Equalisers as a selfless service towards a higher purpose. Since his enrolment at CPUT in February 2016 he has helped his comrades to get Equal Education society recognised and he has since been elected as the Deputy Chairperson of the structure.

07/06/2016

INTRODUCTION OF CPUTEES LEADERSHIP

Lelethu Kiti – General Secretary

Lelethu, is the eldest of 4 children and the first in her family to be admitted into an institution of Higher Learning. She is a black, q***r, feminist and education activist. She is currently a second year Environmental Management student. She has been with Equal Education since 2009. In 2010 she year she began to serve as an Equaliser. Since then she has served in the Leadership Committee and at present she is a facilitator in 10 schools. In 2016 she was duly elected as the General Secretary of the CPUTEES.