News & Activities

Our Cohort 6 fellows recently gathered in Johannesburg for the in-person learning experience III. The learning experience, titled How Change Happens, provided a space to build on individual and collective understanding and sense-making of how change happens, not only...

As the world observed International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on 26 June, our fellow Thando Masango raised concerns about the drug crisis affecting South Africa’s youth. Thando, who is an anti-drug activist and community advocate, is alarmed by...

A specially designed emergency stretcher—hailed as a potential breakthrough in emergency healthcare—was recently handed over to local partners in Langa, Cape Town, by Tekano Fellows Lebo Molete and Yvette Andrews, in collaboration with engineering students from the...

Recently, the historic Steve Biko Centre in Ginsberg, Eastern Cape, became a powerful site of reflection and resistance as it hosted the Food Sovereignty Indaba, a two-day gathering under the theme “Resilient Roots for Circles of Renewal: Empowering Communities,...

"As people living with disabilities, we are so used to being excluded in such a way that we’ve unintentionally started excluding ‘normal’ people," said Denise Van Wyk, a community member in Kimberly, during a fellow-led community engagement in the Northern Cape....

“We are activists today because the capitalist system failed a long time ago. It has not been prioritising the poor, and the more that marginalised people realise where the challenges are actually coming from and what the causes of those challenges are, the more we...

Tekano Fellows participated in this year’s Public Health Association of South Africa, focusing on several issues including National Health Insurance, rural health, climate change, oral health, and HIV/AIDS. Azeeza Rangunwala and Tshepo Mokhadi, who are Tekano...

“We used to come to this [Mnceba] clinic, and we wouldn’t even find Panado if you had a headache or were just in pain. But now there’s a difference. While there’s still a long way to go, now we can at least find medication and at times even check our sugar levels....