Brian Liggett

Passionate about rural development and giving young children a fair start in life. Director of Impande Foundation formerly called Network Action Group.

[DBSA Bank @DBSA_Bank]

Today, DBSA CSI officially handed over two newly constructed ECD centres in the Eastern Cape; helping create safer and more dignified learning environments for children in underserved communities.
#DBSA #ECD

[Dep. Basic Education @DBE_SA]

Today, 02 December 2025, the ECE EOF Partner Implementation Workshop will be taking place at Protea Hotel, Midrand, Gauteng.

The objectives of this workshop is to create a space where EOF, implementing partners, evaluators and the Government can reinforce the spirit of partnership, deepen the understanding of each implementation partner’s implementation strategy and presentation of the OBF model and what it means for the implementation.

#ECDZA #BanaPeleZA #EarlyLearningZA #GovZAUpdates

[Nelson Mandela Foundation @NelsonMandela]

From barriers to breakthroughs!

Together with Gauteng Department of Education (@EducationGP1), we’ve helped register over 1,500 ECD services, reaching more than 100,000 children with safer classrooms, meals, and learning opportunities.

#ECD #BreakingBarriers #earlychildhooddevelopment #education #NelsonMandelaFoundation

[Nelson Mandela Foundation @NelsonMandela]

The ECD Online Headcount Survey is now open!

If your ECD centre offers Pre-Grade R or Grade R, complete the survey online by visiting: https://t.co/IuCAxNH7XO

The survey will be operational from 13 - 27 June 2025, and can be completed using a cellphone, computer, or tablet.

You can also visit any listed decentralised walk-in centre across the province for assistance from Social Work Professionals in completing the survey.

Over 10 000 ECD centres operate in Gauteng, but only approximately 2 800 centres are registered.

Help us get the full picture of ECD in Gauteng by completing the survey. Let’s count every ECD centre – registered or not – to advance the ECD sector!

For more information, contact the GDE on: https://t.co/IuCAxNH7XO

Call Us On: 0800 000 789 or
WhatsApp: [phone]
Email Us: [email protected]

#ECDSurvey2025 #ECDLetsBeCounted #GrowingGautengTogether

[DBSA Bank @DBSA_Bank]

Investing in Early Childhood Development (ECD) is investing in the future. The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) is committed to strengthening ECD infrastructure in South Africa, ensuring young learners have access to safe, well-equipped spaces for early learning.

On 11 March 2025, DBSA, in partnership with the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) and a private donor, launched the Gxwaleni ECD Centre in the Eastern Cape, delivering a safe and well-equipped learning space for 58 young children. This initiative has replaced inadequate infrastructure, where children were first housed in a corrugated structure before sharing a classroom with Grade R learners due to space constraints.

The new centre now provides access to running water, dedicated toilet facilities, educational resources, and an outdoor playground. Beyond infrastructure, the project prioritises community involvement, working closely with parents, the school governing body, and emerging black-owned businesses to ensure long-term impact.

This initiative aligns with President Cyril Ramaphosa’s commitment to expanding quality ECD access, and the DBSA remains steadfast in supporting this vision through strategic partnerships and targeted investments.

To learn more about the DBSA’s work in ECD, visit: https://t.co/nmdztmaQwS

#DBSA #EarlyChildhoodDevelopment #EducationForAll #InfrastructureInvestment #BuildingTheFuture

[Brian Liggett @brianligg]

@matomekopano @HendricksSumaya

[Brian Liggett @brianligg]

@collenmashawane I know a lot of families who have children with disabilities in Kwanzimakwe KZN - the non profit https://t.co/Pzg3tMkpe0 is working with them and they desperately need better housing

[Brian Liggett @brianligg]

@SizweMpofuWalsh @_SMWX ECD subsidy reaching 700k more children is the best budget news ever

[Brian Liggett @brianligg]

The best budget news ever

[ECR_Newswatch @ECR_Newswatch]

Godongwana:To remedy this, an additional R10 billion over the medium term is allocated to increase the subsidy to R24 per day per child. The extra funding will also support increased access to ECD for approximately 700 000 more children, up to the age of four years old.

[ECR_Newswatch @ECR_Newswatch]

Godongwana:To remedy this, an additional R10 billion over the medium term is allocated to increase the subsidy to R24 per day per child. The extra funding will also support increased access to ECD for approximately 700 000 more children, up to the age of four years old.

[Federer Foundation @rogerfedererfdn]

We welcome President Ramaphosa’s statement on early childhood development, which demonstrates that South Africa has started prioritising its youngest citizens. We continue to call on governments across the region to #ActForEarlyYears. This will also be our focus at the G20.

[Chester Missing @chestermissing]

I've never seen so many oppressed refugees driving Toyota Fortuners.

[Ferial Haffajee @ferialhaffajee]

Some really terrible, horrible things happening in South Africa 🇿🇦 💓

[adam @AdameMedia]

Two countries that know what oppression looks like:

South Africa 🇿🇦
Ireland 🇮🇪

Two countries Ziønists hate:

South Africa 🇿🇦
Ireland 🇮🇪

The truth hurts.

[Brendan Morgan @BrendanMorgan10]

Why does it take a little country like Ireland to be the conscience of the whole of Europe?

[Gordon Brown @GordonBrown]

Afghan girls have now lost 1,000 days of education that they can never retrieve or bring back. It’s time the whole world united to demand that the Taliban deliver every girl's basic human right. #AfghanGirlsVoices

[UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett @SR_Afghanistan]

Despite 1000 unacceptable, almost unthinkable, days of girls secondary edu ban in #Afghanistan, millions of Afghan girls refuse to surrender their dreams. We must be equally relentless in our resolve to stand with them @EduCannotWait #AfghanGirlsVoices👉https://t.co/G8NfIMOlIm

[Brian Liggett @brianligg]

@Siviwe_G Min @Siviwe_G please decouple the ECD nutrition pilot funding from this NSNP and get the money to ECD Directorate in provinces to start piloting

[Ford South Africa @FordSouthAfrica]

Ford South Africa is funding the construction of 100 Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres in disadvantaged communities across the country during its Centenary year, building on Madiba’s legacy of using education to uplift communities​
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#FordSouthAfrica