The British Council in South Africa recently held a national workshop as part their Improving Work Opportunities - Relaying Knowledge (I-Work) project. The purpose of the workshop was to share knowledge in order to promote employer-led skills development initiatives. Such initiatives will increase work opportunities for
One of the objectives of the WorkFit Campaign is to scale work readiness programmes to address the challenge of unemployed youth. So many programmes seem to have such high costs that they are not going to scale. We learned that volunteering is a viable way
The WorkFit team met with Zarina Khan and Cheryl James who are working at NEPAD in the skills and youth portfolio. Their positions are funded by German International Cooperation (GIZ). The purpose of the meeting was to explore opportunities to collaborate and network. NEPAD is currently
The Workfit Team visited YES4Youth in April and chatted to CEO Dr. Tashmia Ismail-Saville about synergies between the two initiatives which seek to positively impact youth unemployment. YES is happening YES is gaining significant traction. They have 87 000 youth registered on their system. In the first four
The fourth industrial revolution is upon us: the age of digital disruption. It represents a fundamental change in the way that society lives, works and relates to one another as highlighted during Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams’ 4IR engagement session with the creative industry held earlier in
The Youth Employment Service (YES) got a boost this week. The Codes of Good Practice for the Youth Employment Service (YES) were published on Tuesday. You can download them from here. YES is a business-led initiative supported by Government and Labour. The purpose of the YES campaign