Training Update🚀

Planact ensures #SEF participants are not just trained, but #JobReady. In partnership with #LeadAfrica, we are providing Work Readiness Training covering:

✅️Employability Skills
✅️Job Search Strategies
✅️Career Development
✅️Workplace Essentials

Empowering the next generation!

#SEF Safety and Security team hosted a Safe Space for Girls awareness campaign this Valentine's day. Over 100 young girls attended the event👏🏽

#SelfLove #CommunitySafety
#SafeSpaces #GirlsEmpowerment

SEF Health and Wellness Update 📌

Last week, we wrapped up an incredible week with the Health and Wellness teams from Winnie Mandela, Wattville and Bertrams. They successfully completed a 5-day training on HIV/AIDS, STIs and TB and received their certificates!🥳🎊

#CommunitySafety #SEF

After decades of waiting, and ground work supported by Planact, the #EkurhuleniMunicipality's #HumanaSettlementOversightCommittee finally opens its doors to engage with Mkhancwa informal settlement

Read more👇🏽
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Last week our Monitoring Indoor Climate Extremes with Residents and the Internet of Things (MICE RIoT) team gathered to conduct a battery replacements for the heat sensors that are capturing the extreme heat conditions being experienced in our communities.

#DataGovernanceAfrica #EnablingChange

Sharing our beautiful social employment fund project teams in the City of Tshwane, Gauteng.

Happy to introduce our new partner community, KaMgewana in Witbank, who are ready to continue making a difference.

With the support of the social employment fund, we can't wait to see how their community garden progresses!

A sense of community still exists and we are here to vouch for it.

A few months make a huge difference!

This is some awesome progress from our Social Employment Fund project in Masakhane, Witbank.

Stuff that makes us proud to be making towns and cities work for people.

Get Ready for the 2025 Township Rental Dialogue!

Join DAG, Planact, and the UFS as they explore the future of rental housing in South African townships, tackling key challenges, innovative solutions, and actionable strategies to grow the rental market sustainably.

More info👇🏽

Planact's 40th Anniversary Celebration!

Last Thursday, we commemorated #40YearsOfPlanact. Our project teams and community representatives showcased our latest project initiatives, highlighting their work.

#Planact #40YearsOfEnablingChange

Planact's 40th Anniversary Celebration!

Last Thursday, we commemorated #40YearsOfPlanact. Our event engaged in discussions highlighting:

📍Civil Society Approaches to accountability
📍Informal Settlements and Housing Development issues
📍Local Government and Governance

#40YearsOfPlanact x #SocialEmploymentFund

At Planact we care about supporting sustainable livelihoods initiatives in our partner communities.

We have now extended our reach to 137 more participants in Mpumalanga Province.

#40YearsOfPlanact x #SocialEmploymentFund

At Planact we care about supporting sustainable livelihoods initiatives in our partner communities.

We have now extended our reach to 137 more participants in Mpumalanga Province.

#40YearsOfPlanact x #Asivikelane

Supporting community-led Ventilated Improved Pit (VIP) toilet backslab installation in Lawley Station, south of Johannesburg.

Wondering why? Read more here - tinyurl.com/mrx6bys

26 June 2026 | Roundtable discussion on the findings of a recently conducted research study on small-scale rentals in Gauteng.

📍👏 Thanks to Kuhle Solutions who undertook the research to help us understand the dynamics, challenges, and opportunities in the construction sector.

YouTube video by International Budget Partnership South Africa Asivikelane: lets protect each other

[WATCH] #Asivikelane Let's protect each other.

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The South African Constitution is a true definition of 'nothing for us, without us'

Yesterday's dialogue brought community reps together to share insights and recommendations which will inform the National COGTA task team currently reviewing the White Paper on Local Government.

Happy Youth Day

#June16 #YouthDay25 #SouthAfrica

YouTube video by Planact How Social Employment Transforms Health & Wellness | Bertrams, Johannesburg

[VIDEO] In this powerful community story, we explore the real-life impact of social employment in Bertrams, Johannesburg.

youtu.be/0HW94kXnxPk

Planact team with community representatives and municipal officials inspecting a swampy road in Rustenburg.

[Project Update] This week, our team, together with community reps and Rustenburg Municipal officials, conducted site inspections on dilapidated roads in informal settlements ahead of the finalisation of the road maintenance schedule.

💭Swampy roads due to the rains affect service delivery.

Building Characteristic Survey in Choba, South Africa

Description of the building characteristic survey that was conducted by community members together with the test heat sensors that were installed

Description of the survey's objective to access household information such as household dimensions, building materials and GPS location.

Description of the significance of the survey collection information on the building features and the significance it plays in influencing the internal climate of homes.

#D4DataGOV We are excited to share the progress on our heat monitoring project in Choba.

A building characteristic survey was conducted to collect household dimensions, GPS locations, and building materials. Read More 👇

Supported by @ec.europa.eu @africanunion.bsky.social @enabel.be

Introducing the heat sensor testing in Choba, South Africa for our action research.

Description of the heat sensor testing after community welcoming the action research.

Description of the two heat sensors that was installed in a household to evaluate how the sensor will perform in the area.

Are you wondering how we are measuring heat stress for our #D4DATAGOV hub in Choba? Read below to find out 👇

Thanks to @ec.europa.eu @africanunion.bsky.social @enabel.be

Community Mass Meeting in Choba, South Africa.

Description of the community meeting's intention to introduce the action research focused on monitoring indoor heat.

Description of the community embracing the research to the extent of Choba residents volunteering their homes.

Our #DataGovernanceAfrica Hub research was welcomed by the Choba residents in the City of Tshwane, some have even volunteered their homes for the next 12 months!

Thanks to @ec.europa.eu @africanunion.bsky.social @enabel.be

Planact hosted workshops on the Municipal Budget and IDP with our cluster communities in Gauteng and Mpumalanga. We dived deep into the crucial role they play in shaping these processes. Discussed why community voice matters and how they can participate in budget #40YearsOfPlanact

Our team of young urban planning researchers and our seasoned #urban #development specialist are currently actively participating in the Gauteng Department of Human Settlements 2-day policy and research symposium on spatial disparities and challenges of rapid #urbanisation

Community Mass Meeting in Wattville, South Africa.

Description of the importance of community participation in action research projects.

Description of the importance of community embracing the heat monitoring research to the extent of volunteering their homes.

The sustainability of a community project lies in it being embraced by the residents.

Our #DataGovernanceAfrica Hub research was welcomed by Wattville residents, some even volunteering their homes for the next 12 months!

Thanks to @ec.europa.eu @africanunion.bsky.social @enabel.be

Zanele, a candidate attorney, is deeply committed to climate justice and protecting displaced persons. Her work is fueled by her belief in advancing social justice and advocating for the most vulnerable communities.
#LegacyOfJustice

#DataGovernanceAfrica new project alert 👏

Over 12 months, we will place 150 heat sensors in low-cost homes to measure indoor temperature extremes.

This project is an initiative of @africanunion.bsky.social, @ec.europa.eu, @belgiummfa.bsky.social implemented by @enabel.be