Hands-on Learning Issue 25
Through the newly rebranded edition of our Hands-on Learning publication developed in June 2023, we hope to play a helpful role in synthesising information from innovators and implementers in civil society, supporting them to share what they have learnt so that others are able to draw from and build on their experiences. Blended learning: When […]
Learning Brief – Social Employment Fund partnership: Partnering to bring the SEF to communities across South Africa
This learning brief explores some of the lessons learnt from the first phase of the Social Employment Fund (SEF), a state-funded stimulus package for civil society organisations that work on a range of community development projects – referred to as Strategic Implementing Partners (SIPs). By design, the SEF encourages partnerships among the different Strategic Implementing […]
INX Prime Interview: Funding for the Basic Education Employment Initiative (BEEI) should continue
Bridget Hannah, DG Murray Trust’s Innovation Director, explains why funding for the Basic Education Employment Initiative should continue. Introduced through the President’s Employment Stimulus, 700,000 young people have been employed as teaching assistants at schools around the country. Read more here, and watch the interview below.
Radio 702 Interview: Basic Education Employment Initiative is scoring points on youth employment
John Perlman speaks to Bridget Hannah, a DG Murray Trust Innovation Director, about the Basic Education Employment Initiative (BEEI). Born out of the Presidential Employment Stimulus, the BEEI was launched at the end of 2020 and is in its fourth phase. The programme has created more than 700,000 short-term work opportunities for young people across […]
Basic Education Employment Initiative is scoring points on youth employment – don’t pull the funding plug
The Basic Education Employment Initiative is a viable and promising programme where every rand spent by the state does double the work. Yet there might not be funding in the long run. With just under half of young South Africans between the ages of 15 and 34 without any learning or earning opportunities, interventions addressing this crisis are often […]
Basic Education Employment Initiative is scoring points on youth employment – don’t pull the funding plug
With just under half of young South Africans between the ages of 15 and 34 without any learning or earning opportunities, interventions addressing this crisis are often caught between expanding reach and achieving real impact. The Basic Education Employment Initiative (BEEI) is a case in point. Born out of the Presidential Employment Stimulus, the BEEI was launched at the end of […]
Social Connections
The Learning Lunch podcast explores ideas, approaches and social innovations – creating opportunity for non-profit organisations’ teams to discover what others are learning and space to reflect on what these insights might mean for their own strategy and programme implementation. Takeaways instructions Inequality of opportunity means that every child does not start their life […]
Stronger together: building strategic coalitions in civil society
The Learning Lunch podcast explores ideas, approaches and social innovations – creating opportunity for non-profit organisations’ teams to discover what others are learning and space to reflect on what these insights might mean for their own strategy and programme implementation. Takeaways instructions In South Africa, young people continue to be disadvantaged in a labour […]
Learning Brief: Liberating leaders – Lessons on collaboration – How a multi-stakeholder consortium co-created the Basic Package of Support (BPS) for young South Africans
With support from the South African government and European Union, a multi-stakeholder consortium developed and delivered the Basic Package of Support (BPS) for young South Africans in February 2022. In theory, many partners working together can produce a better result, but the process is not without its challenges. This learning brief shares some of the […]
No data or support: the reality of learning through lockdown in South Africa’s post-school institutions
While the impact of COVID-19 on school-going learners has featured prominently in national discourse, many students in post-school education and training institutions feel like they’ve been left to fend for themselves. “I haven’t received a computer or data. I live in an area with poor network coverage, and [to get network coverage] I have to […]
