In its Quarterly Labour Force Survey for Quarter 4, 2025, released early this month, Statistics SA noted that there were approximately 10.3 million young people aged 15–24 years who were not in employment, education, or training during that quarter.
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One young girl shared a horrifying account of her own life, which has haunted me ever since.
She endured the invasion of her home, witnessing the brutal rape and murder of her grandmother, and was left with both physical and emotional scars, including herpes and severe trauma.
LIMPOPO resident Lucy Mannatsa was confronted with the challenge facing many youths completing her matric – she had no financial means to continue with her…
Firewood merchants doing their delivery rounds in GaThaba, a village under the Polokwane Local Municipality in Limpopo province, South Africa. People in rural areas like this village collect firewood in the forests to sell to local residents who use alternative sources of energy to escape the high electricity tariffs. The over harvesting of wood is however placing the environment under threat. Rural villages like GaThaba are characterised by high rates of unemployment and a general lack of economic opportunities. The National Energy Regulator of SA has approved an 18.65% increase in electricity prices for 2023 – and a 12.74% hike for next year. The increase puts the affordability of electricity beyond the means of most rural households which survive on the state's welfare grants.
Tea production could well be the sweetener a South Africa grappling with unemployment especially in rural areas needs to revive an ailing economy. The Limpopo…
A lack of financial resources and income make women stay in abusive relationships. Dr Lentsu Nchabeleng explores whether the economic inclusion of women can decrease…