Clinics dedicated to young people are ideal but the poor nation struggles to provide at least a basic service for those who can’t access them.
The violence and fire we see on campuses is a representation of the pain felt in the heart of millions of young people
Experts say young people, disenchanted with party politics, are opting for other ways to be heard.
Fifty percent of South Africans are under 30 and the majority are unemployed.
A group of British youths went to guard duty in Syria – now the last of Portsmouth’s self-styled al-Britani Brigade Bangladeshi Bad Boys has died.
Equal opportunities when it comes to dream jobs that satisfy all your aspirations and goals are just that, a dream, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
While youth unemployment is an issue in South Africa, today’s youth are not up to doing just about anything to make it, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
We are still healing as a nation, but I can’t understand why people won’t vote after fighting for years for that right, writes Ashleigh Lopez.
At the Presidential Indaba on Youth Jobs and Skills, Jacob Zuma said youth employment has grown and spoke of the importance of investing in the youth.
Winner: Investing in Life Award — Thanda After-School
Media mogul Arianna Huffington says we need to break away from technology to be successful – and one day we’ll have gadgets to help us do that.
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Two young people speak out about life, and love, and the very real risk of rejection.
Still, it does not go far enough for the DA, and others say it will just benefit big business.
As in tsotsitaal, the youth play with language – and in so doing help create a common culture, writes Ellen Hurst.
Xoli Fuyani is an environmental educator helping children to discover their natural heritage. She is an M&G 200 Young South African.
The Goedgedacht Trust has increased its self-sufficiency by trading in oil and table produce.
Disillusioned, under-employed and engaging in risky behaviour, South Africa’s youth are described as a "ticking time bomb".
Young people are being inspired to take action to ensure the world they inherit is a greener one.
A survey has revealed that most of South Africa’s youth support the notion of speaking out against government wrongdoing.
It isn’t just struggle heroes who have earned the right to offer solutions for our continent, argues Verashni Pillay.
Africa’s young people suffer from political apathy, but a group in Senegal bucks the trend. Nicole Beardsworth reports.
Mpho Moshe Matheolane thinks back to how he learnt his worth in South Africa – through the pain of his father’s apartheid memories.
What will be the legacy of today’s black youth, asks Mpho Moshe Matheolane, as he considers the nihilistic and destructive craze dubbed "izikhothane".
Youth of all ages travelled to Durban during COP17 and through creative events spread the message that their future lay in the hands of the negotiators.
The fossil of the day awards have been an established part of COP since 1999. COP17 drew to a close, the conference’s overall ‘colossal fossil’ was announced.
A study that looks at the effects on children of growing up in HIV/Aids-affected households hopes to see its research translated into policy.
Percy Zvomuya talks to three young people to find out what the future looks like through the eyes of this generation.
There were five different ways I could walk — five different ways to repeat the routes that the students who marched on June 16 1976 had taken.
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Happily married Jabulani Mlotshwa envies the more relaxed dating rules of the younger generation.
Matuma Letsoalo, Mandy Rossouw and Sello S Alcock look at key policy recommendations to be discussed by the ANC Youth League.
While young people face many obstacles, there are programmes working to uplift them, it is just a matter of knowing where to look.
The idea of criminalising anti-competitive behaviour and hitting the colluders is an attractive one.