It is with great pleasure to share our 2019 Annual Report with all the Donors, Partners, Friends and Sponsors. We are also very happy that we turned 5 years in 2019. This report communicates our organisational impact, from all the programmes and operations to effective partnerships with all our feeder schools. We would also like to extend […]
My Mentor from Momentum Metropolitan Turns the Lights ON!
It is that time of the season where noses are red, fingers are blue, and as a resident of Freedom Park that could even mean lights off in an instant. My routine is pretty much simple as a grade 12 learner but the pandemic has shifted the paradigm of my daily activities. I often wake […]
Grandma’s drive to my 2020 lock-down graduation
When one decides to make an informed decision about their career choice, everything else comes secondary and all things are worth the sacrifice. My grandmother’s efforts and attempts deserve more credit to my hard earned four (4) year degree in Bachelor of education (B.Ed.). My grandmother carried my struggles and burdens as if they were […]
Struggles on the Ground: #Afterschool programmes confronted with COVID-19
In accordance to the World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 is a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that has been confirmed as the causative virus of COVID-19. To date. COVID-19 has become a global pandemic that continues to spread across the globe, it appears to remain largely in refutation about the scale of the […]
COVID-Catastrophe on Class of 2020
The voice that you hear in the wilderness is not the voice of John the Baptist, asking the citizens of Jordan to repent, it is rather the voice of a child’s melancholy over the epidemic coronavirus. The outcry pleads for a solution to curb the spread of the virus so that he can adjust the […]
Will Community Based Organisations (CBOs) survive the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic?
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a lot of feelings and thoughts with it. Two weeks ago, I am most certain that everyone especially in the communities I serve were only worried about ‘earning a living’, however, the Covid-19 pandemic has brought about a new psychological shift to ‘staying alive’. When everyone is worried about […]
COVID-19… learning continues remotely at PYMA
It’s important that we all respond responsibly and transparently to health precautions during this outbreak times of COVID-19, at PYMA we value the safety of our learners, staff and partners. Following the recent precautionary measures of the novel Coronavirus that is termed #COVID19, PYMA has strategized on a vast plethora of Online initiatives that will […]
PYMA Matric class of 2019 pass with flying colours
It was a hype of activity for the PYMA Class of 2019 as they rushed to collect and check their Matric Results. PYMA staff and all the Board Members have congratulated all the matriculants who passed with flying colours in their 2019 NSC Matric Examinations. They also applauded the PYMA Matriculants for being committed to […]
PYMA celebrates 5-year anniversary
Phakamani Young Minds Academy (PYMA), an NPO located in Devland Freedom Park hosted one of the remarkable and astonishing achievements Celebration at Eldridge Primary School in Eldorado Park. The event took place on the 30th of November 2019 at 13H00. The event was graced and sponsored by Mrs Georgette Naidoo who is a CSI Specialist […]
Message to the Class of 2019, Mr. Sibusiso Zungu, PYMA Board Chairman
There are different historical points of departure for education globally and especially the schooling system. The community has had a major role in the history of education starting with teaching young people how to look after their families, the land and livestock. Over the centuries, education has changed from being passed down generationally to having […]