With a space as versatile as ours, there’s a lot going on a lot of the time…

… and with a year of lockdown, masks and social distancing - Umuzi has evolved from the crib to the cloud; from an epic space in Jeppestown, Johannesburg to the world wide web.

Umuzi Kickers is an initiative we’ve launched as a means of keeping our friends and external communities up to date with happenings and events going down in and around our space - as well as making some absolutely necessary noise for the recruits making waves behind the scenes on their journeys to high-value careers.

Hacktoberfest 2020 - A month-long celebration of open source software organised by Digital Ocean

It’s a chance to improve your coding skills by working on global, real-time projects

It’s a radical opportunity to drive the growth of open source and make a positive impact whether you’re full steam on the developer train or still learning to code

Last month a number of our recruits took part in this initiative (and thanking the powers that be that coding happens online) we are http://STOKED.co.za that 9 of our community members had their pull requests merged!

Individual Attendance

Considering most work happens where your bed is within walking distance from your office, this is quite an achievement…

Top 5 Recruits with the highest attendance:

Cohort Attendance

Our newest joining group of recruits came in with a bang this month taking the lead in terms of average cohort attendance!

Kicking ass in Code

Recruits with the best code reviews from staff:

Phindile Mkhize, Web Dev, C21
Siyanda Dindi, Web Dev, C21
Themba Dombo, Web Dev, C21

Recruits with the most competent projects from staff:

Nkosinathi Siyeni, Web Dev, C19
Nomanna Mavata, Web Dev, C21
Vuyo Zikode, Web Dev, C22
Babalwa Mbolekwa, Web Dev, C22
Andisiwe Nkwana, Web Dev, C21

Recruits who reviewed the most code:

Tshidiso Khoza, Web Dev, C18
Dumisani Ngobeni, Web Dev, C18
Lincoln Mgijima, Web Dev, C18
Mamotlatsi Makhate, Web Dev, C18
Kaleem Mohammad, Web Dev, C21

A little extra something-something…

Patamedi Lebea, who heads up our creative department (and muchos more at Umuzi) lead a team of recruits, Dion Mabuza and Zinhle Sithole to support Machine_ to pitch for the Pepsico snack brands account. Machine_ won the pitch and as a result have offered our two recruits internship positions!