1. Cultural Awareness – It’s not all about the Lion King
Wa Sonsin and Francis Samasuwo

2. Food Typical items you will get to try:
Pap – sometimes call sadza – most people think this is very bland but it is used traditionally to absorb the juices from curries or stews
Ugali – same thing as pap but eaten in Tanzania

3. Mandela Day
The overarching objective of Mandela Day is to inspire individuals to take action to help change the world for the better, and in doing so build a global movement for good.
At schools they will be encouraged to do 67
minutes of charity work. This could range
from getting bread for an elderly person
to working in a crèche.

4. Women’s Day Saturday 9th August 2014
A public holiday that pays homage to the women of the South African nation
The mothers, the wives, the sisters and the daughters who fought tirelessly against the tyranny of the Apartheid government.
Might end up getting Monday or Friday of that week off – dependent of school

5. Farmer’s Day Friday 8th August 2014
Held on the eighth day of the eighth month
Learn numbers 1-8 in appropriate national language

6. Corporal Punishment Caning stills happens in the schools
It is hard for them to remove themselves from hard cultures
You can ask the teachers to not do it in your sight

7. Syllabus Probably won’t show you a syllabus They will give you topics
Be prepared to teach them basic skills on the spot
Be prepared to teach something other than Maths and English
Be prepared to ask the pupils the topics they have covered

8. Differences in people
Johannesburg – very lively and rushing around the place
Limpopo – very relaxed and students inspired to do great things with their lives
Tanzania – much poorer than South Africa
Stellenbosch – very westernised with a relaxed atmosphere

9. Languages
11 traditional languages but the ones below you will hear and maybe use
Zulu
Afrikaans
Sotho
English
Xhosa
Venda

10. Patriotism
Going to learn the National anthem in small groups

11. Questions?