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Breaking Barriers
Young people want to work, not wait
As the QLFS is published this week, we must set it in the context of another recent publication from the national statistical office: the census.
Harambee in the News
Exploring how Digital Solutions Foundry has become a key partner in Harambee’s fight against youth unemployment.
Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator is a pioneering not-for-profit social enterprise established in 2010 by Yellowwoods, which has been dedicated to tackling the pressing issue of youth unemployment in South Africa. Hanlie de Bod, Harambee’s Chief Information...
Harambee in the News
Accenture Development Partnerships collaborates with Harambee to build a tool to measure the ‘S’ in ESG
‘ESG’ is the global buzz term referring to a framework used to measure impact by corporates and nongovernmental organisations (NGOs). The defining and adoption of metrics related to the ‘Environmental’ and ‘Governance’ metrics have benefited from decades of...
Knowledge & Research
Jobtech could help provide work for South Africa’s young people
In a recent landscape review of jobtech platforms in South Africa, the Jobtech Alliance discovered that the country leads both in the number of jobtech platforms and the number of users across Africa. As of 2021, an estimated 3.9 million gig workers were active in South Africa, indicating significant potential for jobtech platforms to provide employment opportunities, especially for the youth.
Harambee in the News
Sharmi Surianarain discusses the “Right to Work or not to Work” on “Beyond a Declaration – What Rights Can Do” with Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung
In Article 13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the right to work is clearly declared. It encompasses free choice of employment, just and favorable conditions, and protection against unemployment. But do these rights truly manifest in people’s lives? If not, how can we bridge the gap between declaration and reality?
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