Student Stories – Lwandile Jacobs – Year Programme to USA 2016
April- Finally winter’s gone, the flowers are blooming and the land is looking fresh, lush and beautiful. Having no fences around most places helps me get to appreciate all of…
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AFS Interculture South Africa Commemorates Youth Day
The 16th of June is Youth Day in South Africa; commemorating the anniversary of the Soweto Uprising. June 16th 1976 was the first day of what came to be called the…
AFS convenes the inaugural global citizenship education forum in Africa
AFS Intercultural Programs and AFS Tunisia are proud to announce the AFS in Africa: Global Citizenship Education Forum which will connect educators, intercultural learning practitioners and researchers with schools, universities, governments,…
AFS Returnee Awarded Ivy League Scholarship
Today we are talking to Kalisa Ndamage, a South African AFSer who went on a year programme to the USA in 2014-2015. He will soon be returning to the USA,…
AFS Interculture South Africa Celebrates Freedom Day
On 27th April we celebrate Freedom Day – which is South Africa’s annual commemoration of the transition from a system of minority rule to full democratic representation for all. The…
Getting immersed in a new culture
I’m Zeineb, an AFS student from Tunisia in China and I’m writing to talk you about my first month here. I’ve always wanted to be an exchange student and now…
Sawa Sawa Changemaking Programme in Ghana Open for Applications
We are pleased to announce that applications are open for the next round of Sawa Sawa Programmes – with the next programme to run in Ghana from 4th May (arrival)…
AFS Interculture South Africa Celebrates Human Rights Day
After the first democratic elections in South Africa, the 21st of March was declared as Human Rights Day – to celebrate the nation’s progress with respect to Human Rights and…
HOST AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT COMING TO SOUTH AFRICA IN 2017!
Pictured above are the Intensive Programme (two-month programme) students from France, Germany, Italy, and Spain who spent two months in South Africa in July/August 2016. They are all…