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Lerato Nxomani Awarded Mandela Rhodes Scholarship
One of our Fellows, Lerato Nxomani, was recently awarded a Mandela Rhodes Scholarship. This postgraduate scholarship is available to students from all over Africa. In order to qualify Lerato had to...
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Congratulations to the 2014 COE Schools
A number of years ago the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation launched an initiative to increase the pool of applicants for the Allan Gray Fellowship. We believed that by creating a network of feeder high...
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International Boys’ School Coalition Conference 2014
On 15 March 2014 Wynberg Boys’ High School hosted an International Boys’ School Coalition Conference in Cape Town. The conference was attended by principals from various boys’ high schools in South...
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Growing with purpose by Ingrid Kalie-Moses
I am inspired by the challenge of forging a new path. My main strengths lie in organising myself and others so I perform best in a role where I can offer discerning advice and direction. For example,...
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Scholars and Fellows Graduate
Scholarship Class of 2013 Graduation With its view of creating responsible, high-impact entrepreneurs, the Foundation has established a pipeline that starts at school level and ends at the point when...
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Year Equip Connect
During Year Equip, the second year of the Fellowship Programme, Candidate Fellows attend an event called Connect. The event is aimed at developing a sense of community among Candidate Fellows and...
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National Fellowship Jamboree 2014 by Charlene Nel
Thanks to the Beach Boys’ 80s hit, Barbara Ann, Jamboree 2014 had its own theme song. The halls of the Protea Hotel in Techno Park, Stellenbosch, where this year’s Jamboree took place, are still...
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Association Leadership Seminar by Akosua Eunice Koranteng
The Association of Allan Gray Fellows held its first national event of the year this past June. It was a leadership seminar entitled ‘The Intellectual Needs Society’ and constituted the second...
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Scholars’ Grade 8 & 9 Development Camp
The annual Scholars’ Development Camp for Grade 8 and 9 Scholars took place from 27 – 30 June this year. The intention for this camp is to foster an understanding of the Foundation’s Five Pillars –...
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Why I love working at the Foundation by Sue Marx
I am a Cape Town girl who loves living close to the sea as my family is mad about surfing.I have a 17-year-old daughter and a 14-year-old son who continuously fascinate me with their quirky senses of...
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Tshidiso Ramogale makes the list of the M&G’s 200 Young South Africans
Candidate Allan Gray Fellow, Tshidiso Ramogale, was recently identified by the Mail & Guardian as one of their 200 Young South Africans. This initiative by the Mail & Guardian is in its 9th...
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The Circle of Excellence Principals’ Conference
The Circle of Excellence Principals’ Conference takes place once every year for the principals of the schools where the most Candidate Allan Gray Fellows come from. It affords the Foundation an...
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Fellowship Connect by Jasmine Jacob
The second year of the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation’s Fellowship Programme, Year Equip, focuses (among other things) on Candidate Allan Gray Fellows’ interaction with each other. As a way of forging a...
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Report on World University Chess Championships
At the recent World University Chess Championships, held in Katowice, Poland, Allan Gray Candidate Fellow Seadimo Tlale realised again that chess is more than just a sport. Engaging chess grandmasters...
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Candidate Fellows attend SAWIP
Earlier this year three Allan Gray Candidate Fellows became part of the 2014 South Africa-Washington International Programme (SAWIP). Bongani Ndlovu, Lauren Hess and Thato Mabudusha underwent a...
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Scholars get busy with entrepreneurship
Challenge Accepted was born one afternoon when four Allan Gray Scholars, Saadiq Brey, Tayla Anthony, Quratul-Ain Parker and Rebecca Plaatjies, sat discussing the impact the Scholarship Programme was...
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Startership Reflection
Every year the Association of Allan Gray Fellows hosts a Startership Seminar where Fellows have the opportunity to pitch their business ideas to each other and select the best ones. The top three ideas...
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Scholarship Selection – Deadline Extension
The deadline to apply for the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation Scholarship has been extended. Applications will close on the 30th of October 2014. This opportunity is open to current Grade 6’s who will...
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Allan Gray Orbis Foundation mourns death of Candidate Allan Gray Fellow Nnete...
On the 23rd of October 2014 the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation received news of the death of Nnete Malebo, one of its Candidate Allan Gray Fellows. Details regarding her passing, particularly the cause of...
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Nine out of this year’s 40 Mandela Rhodes Scholarships have been awarded to...
At a time when a lack of leadership in Africa is often bemoaned, most recently as a reason for the worst recorded Ebola outbreak, news of foundations and scholarships set on building leadership...
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