There’s a wealth of organisations for youth in South Africa, many of which have helpful and fun websites.
The South African Scout Association takes its online presence seriously with news updates, a newsletter, mailing lists, a scouting library (with handbooks, badge books and other scouting documentation available for download), a directory of branches around the
country and a guide to scout campsites.
South African Scout Association
Student Village is something of an online portal for students offering free
e-mail and SMS, news and a variety of financial and lifestyle features, such as how to survive on a student budget.
Student Village
For those with an entrepreneurial spirit, the Youth Enterprise Society is a must. The society aims to empower learners to create their own businesses, with specific programmes for Grades 9 – 11 (leaving matrics to concentrate on their studies).
Youth Enterprise Society
The Youth Development Trust was founded in 1987 and channels
international donor funds to local development organisations.
Youth Development Trust
The Youth Development Network is a network of seven youth development NGOs. The site hosts the contents of the organisation’s youth development journal, an e-mail discussion forum, and the National Youth Commission action plan.
Youth Development Network
Youth Monitor builds bridges between youth service providers, policy- and decision-makers, the funders of youth programmes and young people themselves. The site provides a directory of youth organisations in the Western Cape, and advice on community service, child abuse and training.
Youth Monitor
Started in the United States, the Christian True Love Waits programme has arrived here and boasts that 300 000 young South Africans have already pledged to abstain from sex until marriage. The website answers questions about the programme but provides little in the way of practical advice.
True Love Waits
SchoolNet is one of the most helpful websites around with a calendar of educational and youth events, a directory of South African schools, and plenty of practical help for making technology work for you.
SchoolNet