Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator

Beyond the Storm: Transforming the youth employment landscape through data and bold action

by Steven | May 26, 2026 | Breaking Barriers, Featured

Fifty years after the student uprising that defined Youth Day on 16 June 1976, South Africa’s young people have secured their political freedom, but the struggle for economic inclusion continues. They face challenges on two fronts: the persistent systemic barriers of the past, and a world that is becoming increasingly complex and unpredictable. Current volatility in geopolitics and the resulting oil shocks are clouding the economic groundwork that must form the foundation of job growth.

Building the Youth Economy in SA: Services, Skills, and the AI Transition

by Steven | Feb 18, 2026 | Breaking Barriers, Featured

Young South Africans earned their praise in the President’s State of the Nation Address with a record 88% matric pass rate in 2025. And although experts remain concerned about the distribution of these gains across subjects, the growing share of Bachelor’s passes, especially from no‑fee schools, signals that both performance and equity continue trending upward.

Fueling the Engine of Self-Employment: A viable path towards sustained livelihoods for young people

by Steven | Nov 12, 2025 | Breaking Barriers, Featured

South Africa’s formal sector is shedding jobs at a worrying rate. This is according to both the latest Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) and the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), which support the finding that there are 200,000 fewer individuals in formal employment than there were in the first quarter of 2023.

Growth Engines: How Youth Employment Can Drive South Africa’s Economy

by Steven | Feb 19, 2025 | Breaking Barriers, Featured

The start of 2025 fixed all eyes on the matric results and the all-time high pass rate of 87.3%.

Securing Non-Profit Funding

by Steven | Nov 28, 2024 | Case Studies

This report presents the key insights from the unique journeys of these organisations. We look at who is paying for non-profits to sustain solutions at scale, and examine the trade-offs and lessons specific to each payer type (philanthropy, governments, corporates,...