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YOUTH EMPOWERMENT

Ziyanda Ngwendu

For Ziyanda Ngwendu, 27, research is only meaningful when it creates change beyond academia. As a Mastercard Foundation Scholar and researcher in Inclusive Innovation at the…

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EDUCATION

Duduzile Dlamini

For Duduzile Dlamini, 32, journalism is more than reporting the news—it's about cultivating informed citizens and creating pathways for social change. As an nGAP journalism…

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Honorary co-author: Zukiswa Wanner. Photo: AlineReis@alnereis
SOUTH AFRICAN LITERATURE

Here's to the women who refuse to stop writing

As struggle veteran Sibongile Mkhabela marks her 70th birthday, the '76 INKED! literary festival gathers generations of South African women writers, including Zukiswa Wanner,…

  • Unathi Kondile
  • Zukiswa Wanner
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EDUCATION REFORM

Reconfiguring South Africa's Education System for Meaningful Participation in an AI-Driven World

South Africa's education system faces scrutiny for its inability to equip graduates with industry-aligned skills, contributing to youth unemployment. As AI and digital…

  • Thabo Mohlala
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While aggregate joblessness was historically high before 1994, the rate of young people locked out of the economy has surged to unprecedented levels, defining this generation's struggle
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT

Youth Day at 50: The new struggle is the fight for a future

Youth Day honours the young people who rose up in Soweto in 1976 — students who paid with their lives to resist an education system deliberately engineered to diminish them.…

  • Linda Meyer
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