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As we prepare to mark Youth Day in June, it is important to pay homage to the young people of 1976, but also to acknowledge and recognise the youth of the present.

Vocational training at the Boksburg Correctional Centre is skilling prisoners and preparing them for life outside the prison walls.

Government is stepping up efforts to fight tuberculosis (TB) in prisons and mines.

At Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town, all new inmates are to be tested for TB, while all mineworkers will also be screened over the next 12 months.

State of the art technology, known as the GeneXpert, will be used to test new inmates.

Government is taking steps to build a competitive manufacturing sector in South Africa, with a strong growth and employment capacity.

Determination and hard work are some of the characteristics that have driven Neo Kuaho and Khensani Peters to succeed.

The two are among 25 entrepreneurs chosen by the National Youth Development Agency to jet off to the United States, Germany, Italy and Spain for six weeks of business mentorship training in May, as part of the Young Entrepreneurs Programme (YEP).

Cape Town teenager Marvin Lottering will venture out of the country for the first time in July to represent South Africa at an international artisans competition.

Dutywa resident Vuyiseka Mboxela is gaining valuable experience in the media and communications field after earning herself an internship with the Eastern Cape Department of Transport.

Small-scale fisheries on the West Coast are poised for economic revitalisation, thanks to the Department of Trade and Industry’s (dti) investment of more than R11 million for fishing in the region.

The funding has been made available through the dti’s Fishing Cluster Project.

The main goal of the project is to create a sustainable fisheries industry by putting in place support measures to help create jobs and income generating opportunities.

The Department of Correctional Ser vices (DCS) has employed 2 954 unemployed youth in the past two years through its learnership and internship programmes.

The automotive sector may be seen as a man’s world but Soshanguve resident Nelly Nekokwane is determined to make her mark on it.