The girls of Redland High Junior School have combined their love of reading with their fantastic fundraising skills this term to raise money for the Nkomazi Community Library Project.  Back in September, we invited the girls to raise funds to help us build our community library in Nkomazi, South Africa.  Always keen to rise to [...]

Now that the Zakhele group has returned to South Africa, it’s time for all of us at Za Foundation to reflect on the visit – How did it go?  What worked/didn’t work? How can we continue to support these talented young people?  If you have any feedback or ideas, please do get in touch with [...]

Zakhele visited St Annes Hewish, Flax Bourton and St Marys primary schools this week and blew the roof off each school!  The children were enthralled by Thulile’s story-telling and by the end of the visits, children and teachers were all showing us their best gumboot dancing!  It really was an amazing experience for these children. [...]

This week got off to an exciting start for Zakhele as they spent two days in the recording studio at University of West of England (UWE).  With the help of three Creative Music Technology students from UWE, the group recorded 12 fantastic tracks.  The finished CD, entitle ‘Za-Jam 1′  will be available to buy from [...]

The Zakhele group has finally arrived in North Somerset.  After a long and tiring journey, the group are now settling into their temporary home for the next five weeks.  They won’t be resting for long – the schedule kicks off this afternoon with a special guest appearance at Stagecoach, Portishead.  On Monday the group will head [...]