Oct 30, 2013
With many young people not being able to find employment, even after obtaining a tertiary qualification, human capital solutions provider Manpower South Africa notes the importance of youth keeping up-to-date with the latest employment data. The Manpower Talent...
Oct 4, 2013
Yaseen Mowzer, a Grade 9 learner at Fairbairn College, Goodwood, Cape Town succeeded in beating all but one of the 4 747 entries in this year’s Standard Bank Programming Olympiad. He was beaten only by Gold Medal winner Guy Paterson-Jones, a Grade 12 learner at...
May 31, 2013
The youth of South Africa have again voted BlackBerry as the “Coolest Brand Overall” in the Sunday Times Generation Next 2013 Brand Survey Awards. Young voters also named BlackBerry the “Coolest Cell Phone”, and BBM as the “Coolest Cell Phone App” for the third year...
Feb 15, 2013
Unemployment – and especially youth unemployment – is rife on the African continent. With almost 200-million people aged between 15 and 24 in Africa today, the youth community represents more than 60% of the continent’s total population and accounts for...
Jan 28, 2013
Between 60% and 65% of young people in sub-Saharan Africa, aged 15 to 35 years, are unemployed or under-employed. Researchers from the University of Cape Town are conducting a study that they believe could help avert this potential time bomb. Funded by a grant of...
