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  • Junior Achievement South Africa Comments on the 2010/11 Budget

    While it should be appreciated that the government has placed education as a priority within the budget, it is still our deep feeling that greater action is required. The Minister talks at length about the huge employment drive wherein companies will be reimbursed via the tax system if they employ inexperienced young people – he boldly estimates that 800 000 young people stand to benefit in this way. This is highly commendable.

    Author(s): 
    Lulama Philiso

  • COPE Youth Oppose Leader's Suspension

    COPE youth members protest against ruling to suspend the party's controversial youth leader, Anele Mda

    Some COPE youth structures are rebelling against the decision by the party's national leadership to suspend the party's controversial youth leader, Anele Mda.

    Several provinces, including Limpopo, North West, Mpumalanga and the Northern Cape, have written to COPE's general secretary, Charlotte Lobe, questioning the decision by the party's central working committee to suspend Mda from the leadership structures of the organisation.

    Source: 
    <br /> Independent Online
    Article link: 
    http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20090929113647104C2...

  • Youth Still Vulnerable to Violence

    According to a study conducted by the Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention, one in every two young people has witnessed people outside of their homes intentionally hurting one another, and one tenth have been subjected to violence in their own homes

    The country's youth continue to be extremely vulnerable to violence and crime.

    This is according to a second National Youth Victimisation study conducted by the Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention.

    More than 4 000 young people between the ages of 12 and 22 were interviewed as part of the study.

    The results showed that 27% of young South Africans had fallen prey to crime between February 2007 and February 2008.

    A direct link between victimisation at a young age and later becoming an offender was also identified.

    Source: 
    <br /> Newswatch
    Article link: 
    http://www.ecr.co.za/kagiso/content/en/east-coast-radio/east-coast-radio-news?oi...

  • NYDA's Plan to Empower Youth

    The New Youth Development Agency  has outlined its key performance areas aimed at addressing challenges faced by the country’s youth

    The New Youth Development Agency (NYDA) has outlined its key performance areas aimed at addressing challenges faced by the country’s youth.

    NYDA chairperson, Andile Lungisa, who also announced that the agency will set up its offices in every municipality in the next three years, says that, “We are also pushing for the National Student Financial Aid Scheme to increase its budget allocation for the youth in rural areas.”

    Source: 
    Sowetan

  • Reflecting on the National Youth Service

    Youth Working Together

    In a country with an army of young people who were, and still are out of school, unemployed and unskilled, the South African’s government launch of the National Youth Service Programme (NYS) in Cape Town five years ago on August 24 was a milestone in the youth development sector.

    Author(s): 
    Mathe P Mphale

  • Zuma Urges NYDA to Prioritise Poverty Alleviation

    President Jacob Zuma has told the National Youth Development Agency to prioritise poverty alleviation, rural development, substance abuse and crime fighting programmes

    President Jacob Zuma has told the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) to prioritise poverty alleviation, rural development, substance abuse and crime fighting programmes.

    Addressing young people Katlehong, east of Johannesburg, during June 16 Youth Day celebrations, Zuma points out that, “We have prioritised education over the next five years, therefore the creation of an environment which promotes skills development, and economic participation of youth will be one of the primary tasks of the ANC [African National Congress].”

    Source: 
    Independent Online

  • Report on the Status and Role of Youth NGOs in the Current Democratic SA

    'Report on the Status and Role of Youth NGOs in the current Democratic South Africa' was compiled by the Youth Development Network (YDN) and aims to stimulate debate around the mechanisms of strengthening and resuscitating the Youth Development sector. The report examines what led to the collapse of many NGOs - was it funding, relevancy, leadership or political environment in a form of policies provisions?

  • New Youth Agency for SA - Zuma

    President Jacob Zuma says the National Youth Development Agency, an institution formed through the merger of the Umsobomvu Youth Fund and the National Youth Commission, will be launched on 16 June 2009

    President Jacob Zuma says the National Youth Development Agency, an institution formed through the merger of the Umsobomvu Youth Fund and the National Youth Commission, will be launched on 16 June 2009 in Ekurhuleni.

    Speaking in the joint sitting of the parliament where he delivered his first state of the nation address since assuming office last month, Zuma said the merger will enhance service and development opportunities provided to the youth.

    Source: 
    SANGONeT

  • Exploring the Gendered Understandings of Sexual Consent and Coercion Among Youth

    Reports on sexual relationships among young people tend to suggest that they are consensual, if not deviant. The various social and cultural contexts in which young people find themselves inform, not only the ways in which they understand and perform their sexualities, but also the ways in which they understand and negotiate the differences between consensual and coercive sex among them.

    Event type: 
    Workshop
    Event venue: 
    The workshop series is aimed at exploring how young people in the greater Durban area understand and negotiate differences between sexual consent and coercion, particularly in dating relationships among them.
    Event start date: 
    03/14/2009

  • Khulisa: Stakeholder Dialogue

    Khulisa invites you to a stakeholder dialogue. This will centre around unique research that evaluates how children see, think and feel about crime, and their solutions to the problems they experience.

    Event type: 
    Conference
    Event venue: 
    Inanda Club, Forest Road, Inanda
    Event start date: 
    10/22/2008
    Event end date: 
    10/22/2008

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