Youth Day South Africa

Young activists, meanwhile, are demanding that government prioritise the creation of green and sustainable jobs in a memorandum that is being handed over as ...

Additionally, we need the government to go beyond the urgent task of job creation in solving youth unemployment. This should involve the development and implementation of policies to create “green and sustainable jobs”, according to the memorandum. So they can’t just be once-off or short-term forms of employment that do very little to change the lived circumstances of young people,” said Mamdoo. Not only are there simply not enough jobs available for our youth to access, but unemployment also works alongside many other social issues.” At least 170,000 unemployed youth were placed in Phase 1 of the employment stimulus in 2021. The South African government has promised millions of jobs in the past and has failed to achieve the targets set for itself over the last two decades. This event seeks to embrace and showcase innovative and creative forms of activism. “As it is, there are insufficient policies that are prioritising the future state of youth. This is precisely so because the current model of higher education is focused more on theoretical teaching and simple community service that does not speak to the needs of the youth. Philah Ngidi, 21, a diploma graduate in translation and interpretation from the Durban University of Technology, is unemployed. In his Sona address for 2022, the president said the stimulus programme is targeted to reach over a million South African direct beneficiaries and over half a million youth. This is problematic because it puts South Africa at risk of a lost generation.

To remember those young people who fought against apartheid and for the peace we live in today, Caxton Local Media journalists interviewed members of the ...

A national task team has been established to assist in bringing you credible news reports on Covid-19. Readers with any comments or queries may contact National Group Editor Irma Green ( [email protected]) or Legal Adviser Helene Eloff ( [email protected]). At the time of going to press, the contents of this feature mirrored South Africa’s lockdown regulations. The police responded to the protest by firing tear gas and live ammunition at demonstrating students. Caxton Local Media is determined to filter through the masses of information doing the rounds and to separate truth from untruth in order to keep you adequately informed. The now-iconic picture, depicting Pieterson’s lifeless body being carried through the Soweto streets, shot by photojournalist Sam Nzima, was published and received international attention. As you may have noticed, mis- and disinformation (also known as “fake news”) is circulating online. The Bantu Education system was not an improvement.

Youth Day marks 46 years since the Soweto uprising in South Africa. · Youths across the country say they fear there's no future for them in SA. · Many say racism ...

We want to hear your views on the news. I do believe the state should invest more in our youth," Gertse added. "Young people are the present. We are all here on this earth for a purpose and we all just want to succeed in life. "The older generation in power must go. We just need to shift our mindset," she added.

Since 2006, the Children's Radio Foundation has trained over 5 000 youth reporters at more than 100 radio stations in 10 countries across Africa.

For example,— UNICEF Office to the African Union & ECA (@UNICEF_AUOffice) @UNICEFand the Children’s Radio Foundation have been collaborating since 2016 on designing and piloting the first-of-its-kind Radio Education in Emergencies programme. While a classroom is preferable, it is not the only place to provide learning activities. What’s more, youth want jobs that will provide a solid foundation for the careers they actually want to pursue.”

Ondela Simakuhle and Ayanda Charlie, aka Thesis ZA, started their musical career at university, and now the formidable duo are the latest addition to the ...

Being able to advocate for yourself and your business is important. But what’s helpful is that we’re doing this together, so we’re able to support one another and share the load. We also lost momentum in terms of getting our name out there and reaching new audiences.

It's more than seven years since the #FeesMustFall protests. Then as now, we have to ask, have their prospects improved?

For those who managed to graduate from that class and to the many that didn’t, it’s fast evaporating — or has already evaporated. That push for them to want “impilo ntofontofo” or the soft life has eroded any patience that they may have otherwise had. It was a good fight, similar to an extent to the one staged by high school students in Soweto some 46 years ago, except that the class of Teboho Mashinini was facing a criminal and brutal apartheid regime.

Analysis - As part of the Youth Day Parade on Thursday, 16 June, Sumaiyah Ally Kotty and Mariam Bawa of Studio Sketch have curated an exhibition featuring ...

These are the words of Sumaiyah Ally Kotty, co-founder of Studio Sketch, a Joburg-based art and architecture studio. As part of the Youth Day Parade on Thursday, 16 June, Sumaiyah Ally Kotty and Mariam Bawa of Studio Sketch have curated an exhibition featuring art, poetry and photography produced by young people. "Art acts as a platform for youth to express their voices.

South African politicians expressed their views on the state of South Africa's young people on Youth Day.

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With several Youth Day events expected today as South Africans commemorate the uprising of school students on June 16, 1976, follow our live blog to stay up ...

Youth Day is a commemoration of the Soweto Uprising, on June 16, 1976. "We had no load shedding!" "Life was better under apartheid!" These protests were in response to the enforced Bantu Education Act. #youthday pic.twitter.com/tqspAeVaCf June 16, 2022 Food is strongly connected with our senses and forms an integral part of our identity as we grow up. In one incident, four people were killed in Site B when gunmen entered a local supermarket.

It was a good fight, similar to an extent to the one staged by high school students in Soweto some 46 years ago, except that the class of Teboho Mashinini was ...

For those who managed to graduate from that class and to the many that didn’t, it’s fast evaporating — or has already evaporated. That push for them to want “impilo ntofontofo” or the soft life has eroded any patience that they may have otherwise had. It was a good fight, similar to an extent to the one staged by high school students in Soweto some 46 years ago, except that the class of Teboho Mashinini was facing a criminal and brutal apartheid regime.

They include African National Congress leader Cyril Ramaphosa, Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema and the Democratic Alliance's John Steenhuisen. On ...

Every year on 16 June, South Africans celebrate Youth Day to commemorate the Soweto Uprising, which took place on 16 June 1976, where thousands of students were ...

“Youth day has only memorial significance in most people’s life, born into freedom, the story of how it came to exist does not resonate with them. Another Youth Day has come and it appears the day is quickly losing significance to South African youth. Others blasted the government for failing to ensure that youth have better opportunities.