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Listen | Latest research shows the gender gap in employment.

Listen | Latest research shows the gender gap in employment.

What happens when young people don't pass matric? In 2016 the Department of Basic Education launched the ...
Listen | Internships, Learnerships and the World of Work.

Listen | Internships, Learnerships and the World of Work.

In this radio interview with Clement Manyathela on 702, Youth Capital discusses internships.
Opinion | Dear Minister Mboweni, help young people shift gears for our country’s recovery.

Opinion | Dear Minister Mboweni, help young people shift gears for our country’s recovery.

For real economic recovery, we need to change the trajectory of how young people find and keep work. How can the Budget Speech address this? Write Kristal Duncan-Williams and Clotilde Angelucci.
OPINION | 2020 matrics are already anxious, registering for the rewrite shouldn’t add to that.

OPINION | 2020 matrics are already anxious, registering for the rewrite shouldn’t add to that.

Registering for the Second Chance Matric Programme (matric rewrite) should be easy; at the moment, information about it is conflicting and confusing and young people are being given the rounaround. This Opinion piece originally appeared on News24.
Opinion | Before, during and after Covid-19: An academic catch up plan for South African learners.

Opinion | Before, during and after Covid-19: An academic catch up plan for South African learners.

COVID-19 has turned the spotlight on the challenges learners face in schools. The ongoing lockdown means that different learners have access to different resources. We need a catch up plan to support all learners to learn equally.
Listen | Why we need an academic catch-up plan now.

Listen | Why we need an academic catch-up plan now.

With the Department of Basic Education's plan to reopen school with a phased-in approach, in an interview on 702, Youth Capital stresses the importance of an academic catch-up plan to ensure that no learners are left behind.

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