#YouthMatters

Amplifying the voices of young South Africans who are shaping the future of business, innovation, and social change. Stories of ambition, resilience, and impact.

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Schools are on the frontline of SA’s youth mental health crisis

South Africa’s young people are facing an escalating mental health crisis. In 2022, more than 13% of our youth between the ages of 10 and 19 were living with a diagnosed mental disorder, with anxiety...

Giving teenagers a pathway into the workshop could help solve South Africa’s artisan crisis

South Africa has an urgent problem hiding in plain sight. Our economy requires around 30,000 newly qualified artisans each year to keep infrastructure, construction and industry running, yet the...

Why Youth Employment Should Be a Business Strategy

By Thami Mbanjeni, Y.E.S. Implementation Manager, The BEE Chamber For many companies, transformation requirements such as B-BBEE compliance are still seen as an administrative burden. The Youth...

Shaping Tomorrow: Why Investing in Youth is More than CSR – It’s a Corporate Imperative

Charlene Kotze, Human Resources Manager, Henkel South Africa In an era defined by volatility, transformation, and widening inequality, the conversation around talent must begin far earlier than at the...

Why Every Teenager Needs a Mental Health Screening

In February this year South African news outlets shared heartbreaking reports of a 14-year-old in Cape Town who allegedly died by suicide after being bullied. The news came just two months after two...

Technology as a Tool for Youth Empowerment in South Africa

Zulaikha Goolam, iSchoolAfrica Disability Inclusion & Accessibility Programme Manager It is unwise to underestimate the influence and capacity for radical transformation of which our youth is...

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