Striving for a Better South Africa

Below are just a few of the Course types and modules that we will cover.


  • Business Analysis
  • Management
  • Project Management
    • MS Project
  • Community Leadership
  • Time Management
  • Time Management using Outlook
  • Financials
    • Basic accounting
  • Budgets
  • Goal Setting
  • Introduction to Networking (IP Addressing)
  • Microsoft 365 (in person)
    • SharePoint
  • CompTIA (in person)
    • IT Fundamentals
    • A+
    • Network +
    • Server+
    • Security+
  • Microsoft Office
    • Word
    • Excel
    • PowerPoint
    • Outlook
    • Power BI Desktop
  • Desktop Applications
  • Time Management Using Outlook
  • Home budgeting

Latest Posts

  • I CAN

    The “I CAN principles” from the book “Yes I Can: Principles for Successful Living” by Hollis Conway with Rod Washington are centered around six key ideas that foster personal growth, resilience, and success. Based on the search results, while the exact six principles from the book aren’t fully detailed, related motivational frameworks and similar “I CAN” mindsets emphasize:

    1. Belief in Yourself: Success starts with self-confidence. If you don’t believe in your abilities, it becomes difficult for others to do so.
    2. Persistence: Never give up, even when facing obstacles or setbacks.
    3. Taking Action: Focus on doing what’s necessary in the present to create future results.
    4. Respect for Self and Others: Recognize your own worth and extend that respect to everyone around you.
    5. Authenticity: Stay true to who you are, regardless of external pressures.
    6. Embracing Challenges: View resistance and difficulty as opportunities to grow stronger.

    These principles align with broader success philosophies that stress mindset, discipline, gratitude, and emotional regulation.

    It also shows that as a team or a group we can achieve so much more:

    Core Definition of a Great Team

    great team is more than just a group of competent individuals working together—it’s an interdependent, high-performing unit that achieves extraordinary results through collaboration, trust, and of a shared purpose. According to research, great teams often perform up to ten times better than average teams, not because of individual superstar talent, but due to synergy created through effective interaction and culture.

    Great teams are defined by their ability to combine diverse skills and perspectives to solve problems creatively, adapt to change, and maintain resilience in the face of setbacks. They are goal-orientedmutually accountable, and driven by a shared vision that transcends individual contributions.

  • Character

    Good day everyone and much Love to you all.


    Dearest Family, today I would like to talk about character — that quiet, sacred part of us that God builds when no one else is looking.

    To make it more memorable… here’s a little story:

    A Farmer, a Donkey, and a Well

    One day a farmer’s old donkey fell into a deep, dry well (a dry well is of no use to anyone and dangerous).
    The donkey cried, brayed, kicked — it was a real mess.

    The farmer thought, “I can’t pull him out… he’s to old and he would get hurt… I’ll just bury him.”

    So the farmer began to shovel dirt into the well.

    But every time the dirt landed on the donkey’s back… the donkey did something surprising:

    He shook it off… and stepped on it.

    More dirt. Shake it off. Step up. More dirt. Shake it off. Step up.

    Hour after hour — until finally the donkey stepped out of the well, head held high… covered in dirt, but saved.

    💡 The lesson? What was meant to bury him… lifted him.

    And that’s character.

    • Not perfection.
    • Not never falling.
    • Not acting spiritual in front of others.

    But learning to:

    Shake off what was meant to break you… and step up into who God is shaping you to be.

    📖 Joseph did this.
    Betrayed by his brothers… falsely accused… thrown in prison.
    Every handful of “dirt” that hit him could have buried him.

    But Joseph shook it off.
    He stepped up.
    And God raised him to a place he never could’ve imagined.

    📖 David did this.
    Running from Saul… hiding in caves… misunderstood and hunted.
    But every trial built a king.
    God wasn’t breaking him — He was shaping him.

    📖 And Jesus… the greatest example…
    He took the worst the world could throw at Him —
    hatred, lies, betrayal, a cross.

    And He turned it into salvation.

    That’s the power of character formed by God.

    💜 Family… as we approach our callings… our stewardship… our humanitarian work…
    God is building in us a character that wealth cannot buy and trials cannot destroy.

    • Sometimes life throws dirt.
    • Sometimes it feels unfair.
    • Sometimes people misunderstand us.

    But heaven is whispering:

    “Shake it off… and step up.
    I am building something in you that will lift others.”

    Much Love ♥️ 🐸
    — Earl the Pearl