Julius Malema no longer has to worry that his deputy
wants to replace him.
Youth organisation says it will support the proposal it damned if it can implement it.
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/ 25 February 2011
The DA has expressed "deep concern" about a decision to allocate R1,22-billion to the National Youth Development Agency over the next three years.
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/ 25 February 2011
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan is to present a discussion paper on the youth wage subsidy to trade unions and business.
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/ 10 February 2011
The under-fire National Youth Development Agency claimed on Thursday that it has "created or sustained" over 15 000 jobs in the past year.
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/ 8 February 2011
The National Youth Development Agency has revealed that the true cost of hosting the 17th World Festival of Youth was in excess of R100-million.
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/ 8 February 2011
The 17th World Festival of Youth and Students cost R100-million to stage, instead of the R69-million first reported, the NYDA said on Tuesday.
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/ 21 December 2010
The much-maligned World Youth Festival, which ended on Tuesday, was a success, according to the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA).
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/ 19 December 2010
Police were called in to stop clashes between delegates from Morocco and Western Sahara at the 17th World Festival of Youth and Students on Sunday.
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/ 18 December 2010
The president of the World Federation of Democratic Youth has said the 17th World Youth Festival is progressing well, despite contrary media reports.
Poor organisation leaves the Moroccan delegates at the 17th World Festival of Youth and Students feeling unfairly treated.
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/ 16 December 2010
The 17th World Youth Festival was not a "wine and dine festival", but rather about people who wanted a better world, Andile Lungisa said on Wednesday.
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/ 15 December 2010
Cosatu and the DA want the Auditor General to investigate the National Lottery’s allocation of R40-million to the National Youth Development Agency.
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/ 15 December 2010
Day three of the 17th World Festival of Youth and Students got off to a slow start with delegates still arriving at the events centre by mid-morning.
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/ 14 December 2010
Several prominent speakers failed to show up at the controversial World Youth Festival, with organisers saying none of them confirmed attendance.
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/ 10 December 2010
The bulk of the funding for the 17th World Festival of Youth and Students will come from a R40-million grant from the national lottery.
The feeding frenzy for the ANC Youth League’s friends won’t have escaped the finance minister’s attention in their demand for more money.
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/ 26 November 2010
Youth, GB Shaw famously said, is wasted on the young. Money too.
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/ 24 November 2010
The World Festival of Youth and Students will be a "festival of ideas", not a concert, the NYDA said, following widespread criticism of the event.
Parties have called for an intervention into the selection of the National Youth Development Agency board — said to be dominated by the ANCYL.
Business organisations have called for the speedy resolution of a national public-service strike that started on Wednesday.
President Jacob Zuma launched the National Youth Development Agency on Tuesday which is expected to curb poverty and unemployment.
Rural development, job creation and poverty alleviation were central to Youth Day commemoration messages on Tuesday.
The National Youth Development Agency seems set to repeat the mistakes of previous government youth initiatives, DA leader Helen Zille says.