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Join us for the uPhongolo Local Municipality ECD Manifesto Imbizo on Sizwe Mama with Nothando Nkosi & Phumla Motha.
Join the conversation on early childhood development in our community!
#ECDManifesto #uPhongolo #PongolaFM
TUNE IN TONIGHT AT 19:30!
Law and Policy Specialist, Nobukhosi Zulu will be on Radio Khwezi to talk about the Make Local Government Work for ECD campaign.
Listen live:
📡 Sakha Isizwe FM 90.5 / 10.7
🌐 khwezi.org.za/
#RealReformForECD #ECD #EarlyChildhoodDevelopment
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Tess & Tshepo are in Mombasa 🇰🇪 for Co-Impact's Africa Community of Practice in-person convening, alongside our partners @IlifaNpo, with whom we share this Co-Impact work. The duo is also there to share learnings from @EcdReform , which EC supports as secretariat.
WEBINAR
Join an interactive discussion with Nobukhosi Zulu (Law & Policy Specialist, @IlifaNpo)
🗓 07 October 2026
⏰ 11:00 am
💻 Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
Join the conversation on building an ECD system that works for every child and every programme.
On 30 September, ECD practitioners in Nkomazi launch the Metro Local Gov Election Manifesto 2026: five clear demands to every political party contesting the elections. Children cannot wait. The time for #realreform is now. Media: RSVP to Nozandulela Samela
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In their new blog post, Tatiana Kazim and Nurina Ally unpack a landmark court order, where South Africa has become one of the first countries in the world to recognise a constitutional right to early childhood development.
Read here: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/south-afri…
Tomorrow, ECD practitioners in Gqeberha launch the Metro Local Gov Election Manifesto 2026: five clear demands to every political party contesting the elections.
Children cannot wait. The time for real reform is now.
Media: RSVP to Nozandulela Samela
#MakeLocalGovWorkForECD
watch livestream: youtube.com/live/UH4LaqN9Khs…
📢 #WorldHungerDay MEDIA BRIEFING
🗓 Tuesday, 26 May 2026
⏰ 11:00 – 12:30
📍 Nelson Mandela Foundation Offices, Houghton, Johannesburg. PLEASE NOTE SPACE IS LIMITED
Featuring voices from SERI, @TAC, Amandla.mobi, Abahlali baseMjondolo, @SAFTU_media, @fawu_media
Cabinet has approved the Children's Amendment Bill. Next step is Parliament. Tonight on @SAfmRadio we unpack what this means for ECD.
Join Thozama Njobe in conversation with:
Dr David Harrison @DGMurrayTrust
Tatiana Kazim @EqCollectiveSA
Tshepo Mantje @EcdReform
About 1.15 million children aged 3–5 in SA are not enrolled in an ECD programme. The #ChildrensAmendmentBill, now approved by Cabinet, is designed to fix the broken system keeping them out. Parliament, #PassTheBill.
Learn more: dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
BREAKING: Cabinet has approved the Children's Amendment Bill! But we're not done. Parliament must recognise how important this Bill is for young children and process it without delay.
Learn more: bit.ly/4nBy7Op
#RealReformForECD #PassTheBill #ChildrensAmendmentBill
We are in Kigali this week for the Investing in the Early Years Global Technical Financing Forum, convened by the @ECDAction in partnership with the Government of Rwanda, @UNICEF , @UNESCO , the @WHO , and @af_ecn
#ECDFinancingForum
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At the #ECDFinancingForum in Kigali, leaders called for action over commitments: turn evidence into practical solutions, act with urgency, and ensure every financing tool reaches every child everywhere—in the home, community, and earliest years. #InvestingInTheEarlyYears
TOMORROW!
📅Tuesday 5 May
⏰13:00 - 14:30
📍bit.ly/4uvU5Vg
Failure to pay ECD subsidies regularly and on time forces under-resourced programmes to choose between feeding children & paying staff, and threatens their survival.
Yesterday, Tess from @EqCollectiveSA & @EcdReform joined a panel discussing what it really takes to build a coherent, scalable and durable #ECD system.
Held alongside the @SkollFoundation World Forum 2026,
Ilifa Labantwana | @SmartStartSA | @DBE_SA | @coimpactcollab
Yesterday, we attended the Xhora ECD Forum meeting.
The aim was to introduce the @EqCollectiveSA and @EcdReform, build trust, and learn how the forum operates and what matters most to its practitioners.
#ECD #RealReformForECD #EqualityCollective #Xhora
Huge congratulations to our partner @SmartStartSA on being awarded the @SkollFoundation Award for Social Innovation 2026! 🎉
This global recognition celebrates a powerful model that’s expanding access to quality early learning for hundreds of thousands of children.
Season 3 of the What's Eating Us? podcast travels to Bulungula, speaking to Real Reform For ECD’s Tshepo Mantjé to expose the stark gap between policy and reality for our youngest and most vulnerable.
Read: bit.ly/4tlfBuX
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