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Oarabile Mashigo’s (22) warm and contemporary handwoven blanket business is keeping struggling Pretoria West community members warm and teaching unemployed youth skills to earn a living and stay away from crime. 

New free-to-use app connects potential tenants to backroom landlords

Entrepreneurs Israel Mashele (32) and Oskido Mathe (32) have developed an app called AmaRoom to help tenants find room rentals in townships. 

“It is a quick, safe and easy way to find your perfect room in a township,” says Mashele.

Youth training  has assisted an entrepreneur to grow his business using online marketing and other channels.

A technology devices repairman is putting the training he received  from the National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa (Nemisa) to good use by exploring new growth avenues for his small shop.

Nick Ndlovu (35), the owner of iRepair Technologies in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, recently benefited from the training and is now passing on his new acquired skills to others.

Learners and the public will soon have easy access to librarians, without having to visit a library, thanks to a new online platform. 

Digital start-up MathsGee has teamed up with various libraries to help them become digitised.

Struggle stalwart Charlotte Maxeke was a trailblazer who chose to walk in many an uncharted territory. 

She was the first black woman to graduate and obtain a BSc Degree in Southern Africa in 1901.

Government has launched the National Youth Policy 2020-30 (NYP 2030), which  is aimed at producing positive youth development outcomes for young people at local, provincial and national level. 

Josua Juwele (21) was looking for a job when the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic hit South Africa last year. As a result of the devastating effects of the pandemic, he landed up homeless on the streets of Johannesburg. 

The City of Cape Town has launched a pilot project to divert organic food waste from landfills and is calling on the public to participate. 

Furthering your studies at a technical and vocational education and training (TVET) college can land you on the path to a successful career. 

You don’t have to study at a university to secure your future as furthering your studies through a TVET college will help you gain valuable skills.

Social Development Deputy Minister Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu is encouraging men and boys to champion the fight against gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF). 

The department’s Men Championing Change Programme forms part of the Takuwani Riime Men’s Movement that was launched through the Men’s Parliament Programme of Action.

Takuwani Riime is a TshiVenda expression, meaning ‘let’s stand together’.