On the 18th of February 2020 Sifunda Kunye funder Mr Andrew Summers visited our computer lab. Mr Summers is a remarkable man that has been supporting our lab, grade 12 camps and initiatives. Kuma Kula from our grade 12 class thanked Mr Summers for opportunities presented them through programs he has brought to Xolani SSS. Kula Kuma has been a leader in the lab for longer than 4 years and also the youngest learners in all Sifunda Kunye Schools to complete gold in The Presidents Awards.

Meet our 2020 leaders. Our group will be responsible for reading, book clubs, lab monitoring,  chess clubs, newsletter and The Presidents Awards 2020.

Please visit our school lab for more information and schedules for our initiative’s at our school.

29 February 2020

Sifunda Kunye education project  hosted their annual sports tournament at Toise SSS on the 29th of February 2020.

Learners had a lot of fun and all schools played their best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The results of this tournament was:

Soccer	Netball
1st place Toise SSS	1st place St Matthews High School
2nd place Hendrik Kanise	2nd place Hendrik Kanise
3rd place Richard Varha	3rd place Richard Varha
4th place Xolani SS	4th place Toise SSS
5th place St Matthews High School	5th place Xolani SSS

All Sifunda Kunye partners school are looking forward to the next tournament that will be hosted in May.

Xolani chess players practice their chess skills everyday, and we would like to thank Mr Kumbugwe for guiding us on our journey with chess. During this term we had the opportunity to play a match against Toise SSS.

Xolani SSS wanted to showcase their hard work to set up a rematch against Toise SSS that they were defeated by Toise SSS in 2019.

During the rematch this term our hard work payed of as we walked away as champions from this tournament.

Thank you to Sifuda Kunye for supporting our initiative, a huge thank you goes out to Mr Kumbugwe for supporting our chess.

During the weekend of the 23-25 August 2019, learners from five of Sifunda Kunye schools attended the annual writing camp.

This year the theme/topic to write about was UBUNTU. Learners was  preparing for this weekend before they arrived at the camp.

The weekend was a huge success! The learners all completed their writing with inspiration from their peers , facilitators and quest speakers.

We would like to thank all that made this weekend possible. We  acknowledge our funder Mr Andrew Summers for making this weekend possible.

Xolani chess players practice their chess skills everyday, and we would like to thank Mr Kumbugwe for guiding us on our journey with chess. During this term we had the opportunity to play a friendly match against De Vos Malan in King Wiliams Town in gaining knowledge and experience.

On the 18th of May 2019 our chess players had a match against some of the best players of Mdtasane and East Londen.

Sifunda Kunye and all the chess learners would like to thank Mr Kimbugwe for his continues support of our chess players. Mr Kimbugwe is a passionate and caring teacher and a role model to so many learners at our school.

|Mr Kimbugwe also supports learns at our school with reading clubs, Cami English and Maths and important research regarding university studies.

On the  18th of Many 2019 we took part in the Sifunda Kunye sports tournament. The sporting codes played was  soccer and  rugby. All our Sifunda kunye partner schools played very well, and we enjoyed the day with all the learners, parents and  teachers. Congratulations to Toise SSS for winning the rugby and Richard Varha for winning the girls soccer.

The final results for this tournament was as follows:

Rugby	Soccer (Girls)
1st place Toise SSS	1st place Richard Varha High School
2nd place St Matthews High School	2nd place Xolani SSS
3rd place Xolani SSS	3rd place St Matthews High School
4th place Richard Varha High School	4th place Toise SSS

Thank you to Sifunda Kunye for organising this event, we had a great day.

I am a 17 year old(soon to turn 18),Azisiwe Nqweniso. I hail from the dusty roads of Qongqotha Locations,one of KWT’s surrounding villages. I attended my primary school at Qongqotha L/H Primary school and later went on to Xolani Senior Senior Secondary School where I recently matriculated,in year 2018,with FOUR distinctions. Yes Four distinctions, a girl from a village managed to do that.

I was lucky enough to be bought up in a family that was and still is full of love and I’m supported all the time. My journey in high school wasn’t an easy one but today I can proudly say it was all worth it in the end. I remember how I had to sacrifice my social life for my academics, it wasn’t an easy decision but I had to do it for my future. I remember how I used to sleep after 3 am studying for my exams and at times I hated every moment of that. But today I can say all my sacrifices paid off.

Today I am currently enrolled at the University of Witwatersrand where I’ll be doing Bachelor of Accounting Sciences. One day I wish to become a chartered accountant.  I don’t know what the future holds for me but I am just ready.

To all those who think they can’t do,I want to tell you that it is possible. If a girl from a disadvantaged background like me could do it then why can’t you? You CAN and you could even do better than me. All that you need to do is to put in a little effort,sacrifice nice time,commit yourself and be ready to be abused by your books but one day they’ll make you smile. Study hard,and study in time.

Remember “If your dreams don’t scare you then they ain’t big enough”
Good luck and all the best to the class of 2019.

Azisiwe also took part in The Presidents Award, debating during her time at Xolani SSS.