They’re young, smart, brash. We wear flip-flops to the office or listen to iPods at our desk. We want to work, but we don’t want work to be our life.
This is us – Generation Y, a force of the first wave is just now embarking on their careers — taking their place in an increasingly multigenerational workplace. Get ready, because this generation — whose members have not yet hit 30 — is different from any that have come before.
There is no consensus over the exact birth dates that define Gen …

It is a day violently etched on the South African collective conscience. Commemorated over 30 years later as Youth Day, an official holiday, it is the day that honours the deaths of hundreds of Soweto schoolchildren, a day that changed the course of the country’s history: 16 June 1976.
On that day the government and the police were caught off guard, when the simmering bubble of anger of schoolchildren finally burst, releasing an intensity of emotion that the police controlled in the only manner they knew how: with ruthless aggression. …

The National Youth Development Agency and government has launched its Youth Month campaign – under the theme “Working together for Youth Development through action” – just days before the kick off of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
The NYDA has recruited 15 000 volunteers for the soccer showpiece, and called on Mzansi’s youth to rally behind the national team. The agency also announced that President Jacob Zuma will address the national Youth Day celebrations in Mpumalanga on the 16th of June.
The NYDA will also push for a R1billion budget from Government …

Unemployment amongst young people will soon be a thing of the past.
This is the conclusion reached by the Young Communist League after the  ‘Jobs for Youth’ summit which took place over the weekend.
The league will be forming a coalition which deals with unemployment amongst youth together with a ‘jobs for Youth Charter  which will be unveiled during youth month – June.
The summit was attended by about 250 people from 84 different youth organisations and addressed by various government and trade union officials.
YCLSA secretary Buti Manamela says the new coalition would …

A 2-day Jobs for Youth Summit kicks off tomorrow (20th May) at the Parktonian Hotel in Braamfontein Joburg.
The National Jobs for Youth summit is an initiative informed by the crippling statistics of youth unemployment.
The summit will give young people an opportunity to discuss the new ways that have been put in place to drive job creation and youth development.
Topics for discussion will include:
Education (Is our education system in line with our economic demands in the long and short term)
Bail out packages (Is the private sector adhering to the conditions of …

The National military service is set to be introduced as a way of instilling discipline and patriotism in the country’s youth, who make up nearly half the South African population and comprise the majority of people who are unemployed.
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Lindiwe Sisulu announced at a briefing at Parliament that she will seek a national consensus around the proposal and plans to introduce legislation enabling it within a year.
Sisulu says the national service would offer South Africa a solution to dealing with the growing numbers of people younger …

There has been an increase in the number of budget tips coming from the youth for Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.
Young people have spoken! Yes, we’re leading the pack with the most suggestions sent through ahead of the 2010 Budget speech.
The Ministry of Finance invited all South Africans to send through their tips on what they would like to see in the country’s Budget on Wednesday the 17th of February. The ‘send your budget tips’ campaign encourages the public to actively participate in government programmes, particularly in matters related to the …