South Africa’s Youth Crisis Meets Action: Vaal EmpowaYouth Week Delivers Outcomes, Not Promises
/ 10 April 2026

South Africa’s Youth Crisis Meets Action: Vaal EmpowaYouth Week Delivers Outcomes, Not Promises

At a time when youth unemployment in South Africa sits at 41% and exceeds 90% in parts of the Vaal, a powerful, solutions-driven story is taking shape. Vaal EmpowaYouth Week 2026 (20–24 April, Sebokeng) is not another conference. It’s a live economic activation platform delivering real outcomes in real time from job placements and enterprise funding to accredited skills […]

Becoming Umwana – a son
/ 10 April 2026

Becoming Umwana – a son

In the ruins of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, Nelson Gashagaza survived by becoming someone else’s child. In this two-part series as Rwanda commemorates Kwibuka32, he tells a personal story on a performed kinship, ordinary horror and the meaning of belonging