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Honouring the class of 16 june 1976 through water security: youth empowerment is water security

The future of water security in South Africa will not be secured by infrastructure alone. It will be secured by people. More specifically, it will be secured by a generation of…

Services Seta administrator Lehlogonolo Masoga/

Seta overhaul: new project management unit to tackle stipend delays, certification backlogs and weak delivery

The Services Seta has launched a new PMU aimed at improving governance, accelerating programme delivery and addressing delays in learner certification and stipend payments, as…

Former glory shattered: Residents attend a community meeting in Steve Tshwete Local Municipality, where the economic fallout of Mpumalanga’s contracting coal sector is increasingly visible. Once one of the country’s top-performing municipalities, it is now struggling with falling rates payments, growing arrears and rising indigent support applications as retrenchments increase. Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee
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Coal’s slow death in Mpumalanga

As jobs disappear from the coal belt, Middelburg’s economy is buckling. Unpaid rates, collapsing businesses and stalled transition support are deepening the crisis

The future of the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant beyond the March 2027 extension remains uncertain. Archive photo: Chris Gilili

Future of SRD grant uncertain, treasury says

The Universal Basic Income Coalition said the government’s proposals to link the grant to employment-related conditions could exclude eligible beneficiaries

Buti Manamela’s appointment of three administrators has raised concerns from opposition parties and civil society about potential political interference. (@ButiManamela/X)

New higher education minister under fire for politically linked Seta appointments

Buti Manamela’s appointment of three administrators has raised concerns from opposition parties and civil society about potential political interference

Fomer minister of higher education Nobuhle Nkabane. (@Dr_NohbuleN/X)

DA renews call for Nkabane’s dismissal over Seta panel scandal

The party has accused the higher education minister of misleading parliament and violating the executive ethics code by fabricating the legitimacy of the selection process of…

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (GCIS)

Ramaphosa touts youth jobs drive as StatsSA data paints grim unemployment picture

The statistics agency’s youth report notes worsening joblessness, hunger and safety concerns among South Africa’s youth

The promise of $300 billion by 2035 is not only insufficient; it’s a betrayal of the principles of climate justice. (Guillem Sartorio/Getty Images)

Renewable energy sector doesn’t provide long-term job security

Most jobs are for the installation period only, and are therefore temporary

And as South Africa marks Human Rights Day, thirty years after human dignity was written into law, this is the reckoning we cannot postpone.

A call to action through economic modelling

Poverty doesn’t need to be the future for 8.2 million South Africans living on less than $2 or R38 a day

SYSPRO – Building new talent for a changing industry

Graduates who have completed an internship programme are far more likely to find permanent employment

Young entrepreneurship programme puts Soweto learners on the world map

Non-profit agency believes creative and innovative skills development will improve employment chances and entrepreneurship among the youth

As leaders, when we make better choices around how and where we’re investing our time, money and energy, we’re not only giving our businesses the best shot at surviving but the best shot at thriving.

Seven leadership laws for business success

Here are seven expert tips to help you become a better leader by investing time and energy into a healthy work culture

Investing in the right things for your business requires making choices and making them consciously

Seven leadership laws to make you and your business better

Investing in the right things for your business requires making choices and making them consciously

Development statistics tell us what has happened. They show us how many children have dropped out of school, how many young people are unemployed and how many households remain trapped in poverty. (Oupa Nkosi)

Traditional recruitment is hurting young job seekers, not helping

Businesses should focus on developing the type of talent they need because those ‘unicorns’ they are hoping to recruit are just that – fictitious

Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images

NSFAS funds, jobs for youth dry up

The already turbulent labour market could see more strain if aspiring students lose out

True mentorship is not about hierarchy. It’s about co-creation. Photo: File

Companies need to plan for the future through skills development

COMMENT: Businesses need to focus on the training the so-called soft skills needed to respond to an ever-changing environment

Equal Education has criticised last week’s medium term budget policy statement for what it said was a failure to provide adequate funding to the education sector. (Madelene Cronje)

Government must give a helping hand to learners who drop out

We cannot simply accept that 75 000 young people or more have dropped out of school this year and that life continues as normal — we need to give them opportunities

Gender-based violence — the mark of shame on all societies

Enough talk, we need decisive action in the pandemic affecting our women

All that’s needed to take part in mobile and e-learning is a smartphone and data, right? Yet with the majority of our youth not having access to these indispensable educational tools, South Africa’s young adults face limited prospects in the future. (Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

All South Africans can help build a sustainable digital infrastructure

Technology is key for youth to access economic opportunities, however many cannot afford devices or data

According to Statistics South Africa’s most recent quarterly labour force survey, there were almost three million workers in the informal sector at the end of 2019. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Children who trade are an important part of the economy

The government should do more to develop and upskill these young entrepreneurs who are already street smart