My name is Enziwe Maphosa, 24 years old. I come from Yeoville, Johannesburg. Before the program I was unemployed for a period of 12 months after completing my university studies. I then had the opportunity to do a Work Readiness Programme with Afrika Tikkun for 3 months where I got to learn about the work […]
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According to the old African adage, if you educate a man, you educate an individual. But if you educate a woman, you educate a nation. As a nation, South Africa boasts a robust and progressive Constitution, providing a bouquet of fundamental human rights. Not enough South Africans are privy to the inalienable rights that are
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South Africa is a developing nation fraught with staggering social, economic, and political challenges. Many challenges plaguing our nation have a direct, negative, and often debilitating effect/impact on our youth. According to research, a fifth of the global population is under the age of 25 and resides in sub-Saharan Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa is considered the
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My name is Mathapelo Constance Sibanda. I’m 19 years old. One word to describe me is hopeful. I think hope is the centre of my life, hope helps me wake up every morning. Hope is what I get when I feel like giving up because I am hopeful that everything will work out for my
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My name is Onika Dyantyi and I’m currently employed at Old Mutual as a Salaried Financial Advisor. First and foremost I’d like to thank Afrika Tikkun and Port Stevedoring for funding my Honours year. I do not know where I would have found funding if I was not given this opportunity as it is quite
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outh Africa’s unemployment rate is at an alarming 35.3%, according to Statistics South Africa’s 2021 fourth quarter Quarterly Labour Force Survey. “Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through their Beyond Advocacy Fund (BAF), have partnered with Afrika Tikkun Services to work towards alleviating unemployment,” says Olivier Serrao,
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On 16 June we reflect on the tragic events of the 1976 Soweto uprising, and during the month of June, we celebrate the youth of our country – their potential, their future and their achievements. ImpactSA, together with Columba Leadership and Afrika Tikkun Services are launching a campaign in which we profile African youth leaders
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Skills development and recruitment company Afrika Tikkun Services (ATS) said workers must take responsibility and rise to the task of developing the skills that will keep them relevant and beneficial to the home and the economy. The controversial national minimum wage (NMW) might offer a small victory to workers, but it has compromised the ability
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The Covid-19 pandemic has challenged long-term ideals that society has largely held around wage, employment and the value of work. Yet, workers have the power to determine their own economic destiny while contributing to the greater good of society. The culture of mediocrity, which has plagued government and privately employed labour, has resulted in a
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Afrika Tikkun has welcomed government measures aimed at boosting youth employment and plans centred around strengthening small to medium enterprises (SMMES). In his State of the Nation Address (SONA) for 2022, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the first two phases of the Presidential Employment Stimulus programmes, which launched in October 2020, have created 850,000 job
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