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Public employment: greening South Africa’s jobs deserts
The latest Quarterly Labour Force Statistics reminds us just how bad youth unemployment is — and why investments such as the Basic Education Employment Intervention (BEEI) are so valuable for their capacity to create youth employment at speed and scale, enabling over...
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DigiLink’s skills programme adds more youth to tech economy
The first cohort of digitally-skilled youth have graduated as part of the digital training and mentoring programme introduced by Cape Town-based incubator DigiLink. The graduates, says DigiLink, have also gained full-time employment with global customer engagement...
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Evaluating and scaling job search tools with Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator
Unemployment in South Africa continues to rise, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Of those who are unemployed, 63 percent are between the ages of 18-35. Alleviating youth unemployment is a top priority for the South African government, who have responded to this...
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Societal Chats with Sharmi Surianarain
Sharmi is the Chief Impact Officer at Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator, a social enterprise building solutions for youth unemployment in the African context. She is also the founder of Making Caring Count. She is a fierce advocate for opportunity and social...
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