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 grade 10 learners in Limpopo tragically took their...
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 capable. On 16 June 1976, thousands of young South...
Ralph Berndt, Head of Sales and Marketing at inq. South Africa If you ask any South African tech leader what keeps them up at night, chances are the answer will not just be the country’s unreliable energy grid or regulation. You can add skills to...
Toyota South Africa and the Youth Employment Service (YES) are celebrating the conclusion of Toyota’s sixth YES programme, which has equipped 712 young South Africans – 63% of them being women – with valuable skills to advance their careers in this...
The Youth Employment Service (YES) and Sanlam have partnered to launch an exciting initiative to support 60 youth-owned businesses across South Africa’s creative, green, and digital economy sectors. This partnership marks a logical next step in...
By Tobie Van Heerden, CEO at 10X InvestmentsIn an era where financial literacy is becoming increasingly critical for navigating life’s challenges, there remains a concerning gap in young people’s understanding of money management, budgeting, and...
By Leanne Emery-Hunter, COO of Youth Employment Service (YES) Every morning, a symphony of success stories drives me to my desk – narratives of hope, resilience, and the transformative power of opportunity. Given the youth unemployment figures in...
Hi, my name is Veronicca Ndhlovu. I am 17 and a Grade 11 student. I have a tight group of girls and we share all kinds of advice on life, love and our dreams. One of the girls is pregnant, she still comes to school, she didn’t use a condom or she...
The fourth episode of the Healthy Living Alliance’s (HEALA) thought-provoking web series, Chew on This, is now available. Titled “Is the Sugar Industry Lying to Us?”, this episode critically examines the Health Promotion Levy (HPL) on...
