News

Keep up to date with our latest project developments, announcements and upcoming events.


  • Tour preparation: Nurturing Talent

    19/12/2024

    As 2024 draws to close, the 2025 choir practices have been well underway for a number of months. Practices, selections and auditions have all taken place with this…

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  • 2025 Hosting Opportunity

    14/10/2024

    We are delighted to be welcoming our next choir of talented South African children to the UK in May 2025. This presents a fantastic opportunity for local Bristol…

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  • August Volunteering 2024

    07/10/2024

    July and the start of the third term in South Africa is always an exciting month for our Project Zulu partner schools; this year 41 students and 13 staff members…

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  • New multipurpose classroom at Jobstown Primary School

    10/09/2024

    In 2023, 20 talented children from Jobstown and Mntimande Primary Schools toured Bristol and the Southwest with their mesmerizing traditional Zulu song and dance.…

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  • Highlights from the past 10 years

    06/02/2024

    As founder and Director, it has been a great source of pleasure and pride to reflect back on some key developments over the past 10 years. What began as a small…

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  • 2015 Choir Member Lungani Mkhwanazi

    23/10/2023

    In August, Project Zulu had the fantastic opportunity to catch up with Lungani (Lunga) Mkhwanazi, a 2015 choir tour member. Lunga is now studying business management…

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  • Summer Volunteering update

    20/09/2023

    The August volunteering period was completed last month, during this four-week period 33 students and 14 UWE staff travelled to visit our partner schools in Madadeni…

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  • Success of the 2023 Choir Tour

    25/07/2023

    This year, we were delighted to welcome the wonderfully talented 2023 Choir to the UK in May and June. Children from Jobstown and Mntimande Primary schools wowed…

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  • Project Zulu February 2023

    22/03/2023

    In February Dr Rich Baker and Dr Ben Knight from the School of Education and Childhood travelled to South Africa with Kate Willis, the Project Zulu (PZ) Co-ordinator…

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  • Hosting opportunity

    24/01/2023

    After an extended break due to the pandemic, we are delighted to be welcoming our next choir of talented young learners to the UK this May.

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  • What to look forward to in 2023!

    18/01/2023

    Happy New Year! This year is set to be full of activity and celebrations for Project Zulu and we can’t wait to show you what we have in store for 2023!

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  • Project Zulu on the big screens at Ashton Gate Stadium

    25/11/2022

    Last Thursday was the much-anticipated game at Ashton Court where the Springboks played the Bristol Bears on their home turf. Congratulations to the Bears who won…

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  • August volunteering returns!

    02/08/2022

    We’re looking forward to seeing UWE Bristol students fly to South Africa to start volunteering. This year there’s a lot of excitement due to Project Zulu being…

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  • The go ahead for annual volunteering!

    30/05/2022

    We’re delighted to announce that we’re resuming our annual volunteering in South Africa this summer. We’ve been granted permission to travel again which enables…

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  • Resilience through the pandemic

    21/03/2022

    While much of the world has been disrupted by COVID-19, an area that has faced consistent challenges globally is schools. We spoke to the Principals at Mntimande…

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  • Welcome to the new Project Zulu Website

    21/03/2022

    Welcome to the new Project Zulu Website! We’ve got a fresh look and made the site more user friendly. You’ll find information about each of our partnered township…

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