Jan 20, 2025 | In the news, Press
Young people make up half of South Africa’s working-age population. Yet 8 out of 10 have never had a job before. So, in 2023, when the Basic Education Employment Initiative (BEEI) advertised work opportunities for 245 000 young people across 23 000 schools, the...
Sep 20, 2024 | In the news, Press
Following on the status of the funding for the Basic Education Employment Initiative, advocacy campaign Youth Capital wrote to the Acting Director General of the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) and the Commissioner of the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) on...
Feb 21, 2024 | In the news, Press
The following article was published on City Press on 21 February 2024. Imagine having to choose between buying food for your child and spending money on finding a job. Job hunting is costly, especially when you’re unemployed and money is tight, as the latest research...
Feb 8, 2024 | In the news, Press
Youth Capital kicked off its new series, Yes or No? Is youth unemployment a priority of the 2024 elections? – 30 minute dialogues with representatives of political parties, facilitated by journalist Nicholaus Bauer and youth activists – in the first...
Nov 28, 2023 | In the news, Press
Young South Africans are not only joining an ever-growing long queue of unemployment, they are also the most vulnerable to losing their jobs once they enter the labour market. Data shows that South Africa struggles to create jobs for young people. Of the 784,000 jobs...
Mar 10, 2023 | In the news, Press
Following the release of the latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey for the last Quarter of 2022, Kristal Duncan Williams, Project Lead at Youth Capital, spoke to Lester Kiewit on Good Morning Cape Town to comment on the marginal drop in unemployment. Kristal reflected...
