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Mcebisi Kunene

For Mcebisi Kunene, education is not simply about classrooms — it's about building communities that can shape their own future. As special projects and MERL coordinator at the…

Takudzwa Makuwa

For Takudzwa Makuwa, numbers tell stories that can change lives. As a lecturer in Quantitative Thinking and Techniques at Rosebank International, he is equipping the next…

Carlo Daniels

Carlo Daniels, 30, is proving that potential is not defined by where you begin, but by the determination to keep learning. As a lecturer at the University of South Africa, he…

Lerato Msimango

Lerato Msimango, 33, is transforming lives by helping young people bridge the gap between education and employment. As founder and chief executive of Kganya Naledi Skills…

GCIS webinar connects young South Africans to jobs, funding and business opportunities

A GCIS webinar brought together government departments and public agencies to showcase job, funding, skills development, and business support opportunities for young South…

What does it take to prepare young people for the future of work?

FutureU's inaugural Technology Bootcamp in Johannesburg saw 100 high school learners present innovative solutions to real-world problems, demonstrating the transformative power…

Life beyond a degree

South Africa's youth unemployment crisis is exacerbated by a growing disconnect between young people's preparedness for work and the skills the economy needs. This article…

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…

KwaZulu-Natal MEC for public works and infrastructure Martin Meyer. (@KZNPublicWorks/X)

KZN public works unleashes more artisans as it sets its sights on slashing R25m annual outsourcing bill 

The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Public Works and Infrastructure is recruiting its own artisans to cut down on exorbitant outsourcing costs, which previously exceeded R25 million…

Foreign academics are not the problem South African universities need to solve

A parliamentary briefing by Minister Buti Manamela has reignited the debate around foreign academics in South African universities. While public concern about employment is…

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