UNICEF: Driving Action & Accountability
In coordination with International Day of the Girl Child this year, comes the launch of UNICEF’s Advocacy and Communications Toolkit.
Hon. Bongi Sithole-Moloi: Fast-tracking Women & Youth in Agriculture
Taking over the reins from MEC Themba Mthembu (who served since 2016), Bongi Sithole-Moloi became the Honourable MEC of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development back in 2019. She remains committed to sustaining the agrarian revolution in SA.
Accessibility & Employability: Can South Africans find opportunities in this current crisis?
Unemployment rates in South Africa have scaled to new heights, climbing from 32.6% in the first quarter of this year to a shocking 34.4% in Q2
Zooming in on the CEO of the Youth Employment Service (YES), Dr. Tashmia Ismail
Workplace experience can make youth more attractive to recruiters, helping them secure jobs and passing on real-world skills for their chosen profession. This is the aim behind South African not-for-profit Youth Employment Service (YES).
Youth employment: Offering an opportunity to transform South Africa’s economic landscape
For those living in poverty, employment offers an opportunity to better access education, health facilities and proper sanitation, in turn reducing a cycle of inequality deeply entrenched in South Africa.
Creating agents of change: The National Rural Youth Service Corps (NARYSEC)
The National Rural Youth Service Corps (NARYSEC) is South Africa’s youth skills development and employment programme, which acts as a youth flagship programme of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform.
Scott Clarke – Supporting Philippi’s Youth
When Scott Clarke founded Amandla, he was committed to finding a solution to a seemingly unsolvable problem: how to break the cycle of poverty in Philippi, a township in which only 50% of children graduate high school, and only 2 in 10 go on to university.
#YouthMatters: Sabelo Lindani – Eco Enthusiast Empowering the Youth
Sabelo Lindani, Founder and Managing Director of the Contour Enviro Group, launched his Contour Training Academy with one mission in mind: To develop tomorrow’s conservation leaders today.
Setting the Youth up for achievement, not failure
As we’ve just celebrated Youth Day, 16th of June, a day of commemoration to highlight the importance of equality and youth appreciation, it is important that we look at how to set the youth up for more achievement, and not failure.
SA Education Sector – Driving digital & preparing youth for future workplaces
To keep pace with digital
transformation, the workforce
also needs to acquire new skills
and competencies. This is why
the education sector is moving
to teach learners and students
digital skills that will prepare
them for future workplaces.