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Youth

Financial strain leads university students to take risks

1st Sep 2021 Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 0

The costs of getting a university education comes at higher cost for female students from poor backgrounds, no less if they are on NSFAS bursaries.

In Africa, young people are the voice of environmental protection

24th Aug 2021 Equal Times 0

It’s a July morning and 29-year-old Murhula Zigabe is visiting what he calls “the base”, a production unit for making the fuel briquettes that he […]

Unemployed people march against youth preference in the jobs market

24th Jun 2021 Ramatamo Sehoai 0

Preferences for youth employment are barriers for job seekers older than 35.

Protests against police brutality in Eswatini

2nd Jun 2021 Abigail Jele 0

The SUDF and other political formations in Eswatini are calling for an end to police brutality.

Child and Youth centres in Khayelitsha starved of support amid pandemic

4th Dec 2020 Lilita Gcwabe 0

Children’s homes and youth centres worried about not having the access to food during the pandemic.

Education department mum on youth pay

28th Oct 2020 Ramatamo Sehoai 0

School patrollers and covid-19 brigades say they have not been paid for the past three months.

Black Lives Matter in the Arab world too

21st Oct 2020 Equal Times 0

The growth of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, spurred by the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA, has reopened a much-needed debate in […]

Casual workers bearing the brunt of Covid-19 and lockdown

8th Oct 2020 Muzi Mzoyi 0

The pandemic has targeted the vulnerable in society, and the economic fallout is hurting the ‘precariat’ the most.

Kinshasa’s new generation of artists are seeking recognition and support

11th Sep 2020 Equal Times 0

“Art is dead, if the expats leave the country tomorrow,” says Junior Moka, a professional photographer, before sitting down resignedly. His comment may seem to […]

As well as missed opportunities, ‘Generation Corona’ is also grieving lost moments

27th Aug 2020 Equal Times 0

For Rebecca McKeon, a 19-year-old living in Wexford, Ireland, graduating from secondary school was a quick and rather uneventful experience. In mid-June, her school organised […]

Unemployed graduates protest in Pretoria

14th Aug 2020 Ramatamo Sehoai 0

South Africa has one of the world’s highest unemployment rates accounting for around 6.7-million people, 67% of whom are young people.

Impact of school closures on education outcomes in South Africa

5th May 2020 the conversation 0

By mid April about 1.725 billion students globally had been affected by the closure of school and higher education institutions in response to the coronavirus […]

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