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That’s all of you who live our dream of affecting the lives of unemployed youth so positively. 2020 seems to have a different feeling to previous years. There is a sense of optimism, a positive spin that “things” will get better. Power outages are now seen as a step towards reducing global warming! Our Miss […]

Difficult roads can sometimes lead to beautiful destinations. This is so true of my life journey so far. My Name is Phumzile Valashiya and I come from a township called Orange Farm out in Vereeniging. I have been brought up by my family and they have shown me the true meaning of love, respect and

Nellie Zembe, Subject Matter Expert, Child and Youth Development Programme, Afrika Tikkun This year’s Matric results were record-breaking. However, in addition to leaving our boys behind, we are losing a mass of nameless, faceless learners along the way The 2019 Matric pass rate of 81.3% is a major achievement, particularly for learners compelled to perform

How Afrika Tikkun Impacts Youth Unemployment Through Sustainable Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment Do you know that : 6.7 million people were recorded as unemployed in Q3 of 2019, a record high (up 78,000 relative to Q2 2019, and up 524,000 year-on-year), which equates to an official unemployment rate of 29.1%, up from 29.0% in

Update on Code of Good Practice In May this year, the Department of Trade and Industry (Dti) introduced amendments to the Code of Good Practice in Gazette 42496. These changes are a result of the repeal of the 2013 versions of the codes. While changes will be enforced during the first half of 2020, Sector