SAWIP Community Engagement Feedback
Presented at the SAWIP Team 2014 Graduation hosted at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies
Good evening! I’m Imaad, and It’s my duty to share some brief details of the activities of the Western Cape Community Engagement Project that has taken place during the last three weeks of September 2014.…Read more
As part of the SAWIP program, one of the key foci of the Washington, DC Curriculum is the “work exposure” component. The SAWIP work exposure component consists of very short-term internships at various places including The World Bank, Capitol Hill,…Read more
In light of the upcoming departure to Washington DC for the work exposure component of the SAWIP curriculum, here are five quick reasons that may have you considering an unpaid internship.
This penultimate post in the series: The Honourable Imaad of Crawford, is intended to be a light-hearted reflection on the final two values embodied in the coat of arms. The handdepicting action, and the pen symbolizing knowledge.
In this post, we’ll look at the amalgamated version of Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika and The Call of South Africa (known in Afrikaans as Die Stem van Suid-Afrika) that were the essential contributors to South Africa’s present-day anthem.
South Africa’s national anthem is considered to be amongst the most beautiful in the world. It brings together all the leaders, servants, the mighty and the less-mighty in our country. It’s the words that Helen Zille, Jacob Zuma and Julius Malema all know and can sing together.
Who’s that man? Oliver Tambo
In this week’s post I hope to inspire some further inquisition into the life of a legend: Oliver Reginald Tambo. The motive for this came during a visit to the Slave Lodge in Cape Town on 26 April 2014,…Read more
In the continuation of my exploration of the core values in this series of The Honourable Imaad of Crawford, here I will briefly explore some differences between community service and community engagement.
Some key differences between community engagement and community service are:
1.…Read more
Week two of the SAWIP experience focused on the idea of community. What exactly is it? Can members have multiple communities and so also multiple identities? How does this relate to community service? What’s this idea of community engagement?…Read more
On April 23rd, The SAWIP Team 2014 had the honour and privilege of engaging in a session with Anti-Apartheid Activist Reverend Peter Storey on Servant and Ethical Leadership. The session interrogated our source of values and succinctly followed on from Nigel Bailey’s session on balanced leadership.…Read more