Sipho Mpongo – “My pictures liberate me and the people around me”
My name is Sipho Mpongo. I am a 21 year old photographer from Langa Township, Cape Town. I live with my mother’s family in a shared flat with two different […]
LEAP Voices
Funders and friends – How BSG helps LEAP
LEAP Schools has been BSG’s flagship corporate social investment project for several years and we have benefited enormously from the support of BSG’s staff and leadership. BSG has gone way […]
Team4Tech supports LEAP
Team4Tech is an American organization established in 2012 to improve education in developing countries through innovative technology solutions. In June 2014 Team4Tech visited the LEAP learning centre in Langa […]
From LEAP student to teacher and leader
James Malope graduated from LEAP 1, Cape Town in 2007. He graduated with a Bachelors of Education from the University of Western Cape in 2011. He now works as […]
Alumni Voices
Benediter Nomakholwa Ngunda graduated from LEAP Science and Maths School (LEAP 1) in 2010. She graduated in 2014 with a BCom Honours in Information Systems at the University of the […]
Give a gift that keeps on giving
Are you struggling to think of a gift for your children’s teacher or your dad who has everything and doesn’t need another pair of socks? This festive season why […]
A thank you letter from a parent
LEAP 1 leaders and staff were delighted to receive this touching letter from a parent of a student in LEAP 1, Grade 9. It is wonderful to receive positive feedback about […]
Teacher, leader, chairman
As a teacher and school leader for much of his career, LEAP’s new chairman, Grant Nupen, also has invaluable corporate experience. Nupen is now an evaluator at Umalusi and a Trustee […]
Our shared heritage
In 1996, then-president Nelson Mandela said: “When our first democratically elected government decided to make Heritage Day one of our national days, we did so because we knew that our […]
Realising potential: Nomaza’s story
Nomaza went to Zimasa, a public school in the community of Langa where she was born. Langa is one of the oldest townships of Cape Town plagued with gangs, drugs […]