Shikaya is a non-profit civil society organisation that recognises the crucial role that teachers can play in deepening and strengthening South Africa’s democracy. As such, Shikaya supports the personal and professional development of teachers to create a South Africa in which young people in schools are inspired and supported to become responsible citizens and future leaders in our democracy, valuing diversity, human rights and peace.
Since 2005, Shikaya has been working with and supporting over 3 000 teachers and education department officials across South Africa through various programmes and partnerships. Over 10 000 young people have been engaging with issues of human rights, democracy and ethical decision making through Shikaya’s programmes.
This short feature is part of an interactive multimedia programme, Up2Us, which is being created for South African schools. Up2Us will give young people the opportunity to explore their identity, issues of prejudice and what it means to be an…
Shikaya is a non-profit civil society organisation that recognises the crucial role that teachers can play in deepening and strengthening South Africa’s democracy. As such, Shikaya supports the personal and professional development of teachers to create a South Africa in which young people in schools are inspired and supported to become responsible citizens and future leaders in our democracy, valuing diversity, human rights and peace.
Since 2005, Shikaya has been working with and supporting over 3 000 teachers and education department officials across South Africa through various programmes and partnerships. Over 10 000 young people have been engaging with issues of human rights, democracy and ethical decision making through Shikaya’s programmes.
This short feature is part of an interactive multimedia programme, Up2Us, which is being created for South African schools. Up2Us will give young people the opportunity to explore their identity, issues of prejudice and what it means to be an…
This is an extract one of the features of Shikaya's Up2Us programme. Music producer, Aron Turest-Swartz brought together three diverse musicians, with very distinct South African identities, to create the theme song for the programme.
“Tomorrow’s Cities”, presents a compelling and easy to understand account of the major developmental challenges facing our cities in South Africa and more broadly cities of the global south. Framed within these challenges, the film unfolds a vision, through the voice of a school child and illustrated through animation, which proposes practical solutions towards achieving breathable, sustainable, equitable and low carbon urban futures.
The film is intended as a learning tool to raise discussion and awareness and ultimately inspire action toward the development of sustainable and equitable, low carbon cities.
In Xhosa, Zwelethemba means Land of Hope. It is a small township on the outskirts of Worcester, about 2 hours from Cape Town. On the surface, it is far from hopeful – the township is classic Apartheid – one road in and out, far away from town, bordering an industrial area.
In 2007 xenophobia flared up here, a sort of precursor to the nation-wide attacks the following year. Our story follows Milton, teacher from the local high school, as he responds to the crisis in his community. When he finds his students are being lead on by the baseless rumours about foreigners, he leads his students in a grassroots campaign to educate people about the fragile position these people face and the horrors they are running from at home.
This short film is part of workshop materials developed by Shikaya for the high-school programme Up2Us.
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