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Reduce gender penalties to level the playing field for jobs
National Women’s Day (9 August) celebrates the courageous women of 1956 who fought for equality and freedom in South Africa. While progress has …
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New funding to grow jobs and work experiences for work-seekers
Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator and LGT Venture Philanthropy have entered into a partnership that will support Harambee’s …
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Social impact bonds addressing youth unemployment
In the nascent impact bonds market, employment is one of the most popular sectors, representing nearly a third of the deals contracted globally. After a year of implementation, the first social impact bond(SIB) in South Africa—the Inclusive Youth Employment Pay for...
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It’s all about employability
The numbers released last month by Stats SA remind us that we have an unemployment crisis in South Africa, especially among youngsters. More than two-thirds of young people in the country cannot find work, yet businesses regularly report that they can’t find the...
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High unemployment is a symptom of South Africa’s economic malaise
After leaving school in 2006 Delvia Mbalati spent the next 12 years looking for a job. Her search took her from her village in Limpopo, a province in the north of the country, to Johannesburg, where she spent a year studying for a qualification at a college which...
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Harambee wins the 2019 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship
The Skoll Foundation announced today that Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator has received the 2019 Skoll Award…
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