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MOT Youth Blogger of the Month: Sara Claasen

Hello Everyone. I am Sara Claasen. I studied at Northlink College, Goodwood Campus. I am a MOT Alumni and have been in the MOT Programme from 2016 – 2017. I have also been trained to be a Young MOTivator. I would like to talk about a quote that really inspired me and would like to […]

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MOT Youth Blogger of the Month: Anna Mloya

Hi MOT family! My name is Anna Mloya, and this is my story 🙂 This is one of the many stories I am open to sharing with you all in hope that it encourages someone to speak up or have the courage to live amid all the craziness life keeps giving us. I come from […]

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MOT SA on Hectic Nine 9

MOT SA was invited for a live TV interview on Thursday, 5 December 2019 with Melody Gwala to celebrate International Volunteer Day. The live interview was attended by Preston Saayman, a recently trained Young MOTivator from Boland College, Caledon Campus, Marlon Van Diemen, Programmes and Training Officer and Julia Duminy, Country Director of MOT SA. […]

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MOT SA JOINS TWILIGHT RUN TO STAND UP AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

MOT was created to develop youth’s awareness, resilience and courage to stand against bullying, violence and substance abuse. As MOT SA we came together with our Young MOTivators and MOT Youth to stand against the uprising of gender-based violence in our country at the Community Chest Twilight run in December 2019. This was done during […]

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MOT Youth Blogger of the Month: Lusanda Mafenuka

I am Lusanda Mafenuka originally from Eastern Cape residing in Atlantis, Western Cape. I was born in Gauteng Province and raised in a small town in Transkei, Eastern Cape called Willowvale. I came to Western Cape to further my studies and enrolled at West Coast TVET College. After graduating, I got the opportunity to work […]

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KFM Telephone Radio Interview

On Wednesday, 31 October we were invited to do a telephone radio interview with KFM 94.5’s radio presenter, Tracey Lange.  Tracey Lange and Office and Social Media Administrator, Jacqueline Carolus chatted about the High Schools, TVET Colleges and Community Organisations that MOT is partnered with and how the programme is run – over a 3 […]

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MOT Youth Blogger of the Month: Raeesha Smith

I am Raeesha Smit and I am fourteen years old. I am in grade nine and I attend Buren High School in Ysterplaat, Brooklyn. I live with my grandmother and grandfather in Brooklyn. I was introduced to MOT at my high school as an extra activity. I was extremely fond of the programmes and the […]

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MOT Youth Blogger of the Month: Laeeqah Charles

My name is Laeeqah Charles and I am a Young MOTivator from the College of Cape Town, Crawford Campus. During my primary school years, I was constantly the one being picked on and bullied. It all started when I was in Grade 1. My mother used to sell things at school. A classmate threatened to […]

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