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Unemployment in South Africa affects mostly young people

By Rachel Mohamed Youth unemployment remains one of South Africa’s most urgent challenges. President Cyril Ramaphosa recently announced that nearly two million young people have already benefited from the Presidential Youth Employment Initiative. Last week, the government launched a new phase of the programme, aimed at creating further opportunities for the country's youth. Speaking on VOC, Clotilde Angelucci, Acting Project Lead at Youth Capital, reflected on the Presidential Youth Employment […]

11 June 2025

International News

Palestine and the Changing Global Order lecture set to take place in Cape Town

By Rachel Mohamed The Muslim Youth Movement (MYM) and AWQAF SA will host a public lecture titled "Palestine and the Changing Global Order," featuring Wadah Khanfar—author, public intellectual, President of the AL Sharq Forum, and co-founder of the Common Action Forum. Speaking on VOC News Beat representative of the MYM Mohammad Groenewald, “When reading the book, we realized that people often look at history in a very shallow way especially […]

11 September 2024

Local

State of basic education in SA: Equal Education’s Tarryn Cooper-Bell

South Africa will commemorate the 16 June 1976 Soweto youth uprising today. It has been 47 years since hundreds of young people were killed by the apartheid government police for protesting against the use of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in secondary schools. This year the day is celebrated under the theme “Accelerating youth economic emancipation for a sustainable future”. The state of SA’s basic education has been a cause […]

16 June 2023

Local

Young people advocate for creative arts to address socio-economic challenges

Creative Youth from underprivileged townships in Cape Town are determined to use their talents to rise beyond their circumstances. The young people believe creative arts need to be encouraged and used as an instrument to curb socio-economic challenges such as high unemployment, poverty, inequality, high levels of crime, substance abuse and violence. Youth from townships such as Bonteheuwel and Khayelitsha are using their choreography and music to express their artistic […]

16 June 2023

International

Gulf States demand Netflix pull content deemed offensive

Gulf Arab states have demanded that US streaming giant, Netflix, remove content deemed offensive to "Islamic and societal values" in the region, Saudi Arabia's media regulator said on Tuesday, Reuters reports. It did not specify the content but mentioned that it included content aimed at children. Saudi state-run Al Ekhbariya TV, in a programme discussing the issue, showed blurred-out animation clips that appeared to show two girls embracing. The Riyadh-based General Commission for […]

7 September 2022

Local

Higher Education encourages youth to take up artisan careers

As the country continues to face economic challenges and a high unemployment rate, young people are encouraged to contemplate becoming artisans. This follows a heritage career expo held at the University of Mpumalanga which was organised by the Department of Higher Education, Science and Innovation together with SETAs such as the Culture, Art, Tourism, Hospitality, and Sport Sector Education and Training Authority. Artisan careers Unemployment remains a big challenge in […]

1 August 2022

International

Hamas urges Muslim youth to protect their countries

INTERNATIONAL The head of the Hamas office in the diaspora, Khaled Meshaal, said on Wednesday that Palestine is the central issue of the Muslim Ummah, and normalisation of ties with Israeli occupation is "absolute evil," Safa news agency has reported. He made his comment at the first forum of the Young Pioneers of the Islamic World held in Istanbul, where he called for Muslim youth to protect their countries and help their […]

21 July 2022

Local

Ramaphosa given 7 days to come up with concrete remedies to SA’s economic challenges

LOCAL Congress of the People (COPE)’s Youth Movement has given President Cyril Ramaphosa seven working days to come up with tangible solutions to the economic challenges in the country. The Youth Movement marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria earlier on Monday to submit a memorandum of demands, highlighting high youth unemployment. At the Union Buildings, the youth handed out a list of grievances. These are rising fuel prices, unemployment, and […]

12 July 2022

Local

SA needs to wait for police investigation and not speculate about Enyobeni Tavern tragedy: Mayor

Buffalo City Executive Mayor, Xola Pakati, says the City is grieving after the deaths of 21 young people at the Enyobeni tavern. There’s widespread speculation around the cause of the deaths – but police have not yet confirmed the cause of death. Seventeen bodies have been identified by the respective families, while four people remain unidentified. The youngest victim was just 13. Pakati says the country should wait for the police investigation […]

28 June 2022

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