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What does tomorrow’s workforce look like?

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. Download takeaway instructions In South Africa, over 3 million young people are not in employment, […]

Cape Talk Interview: Demand-led skills training for young people

Bridget Hannah, Innovation Director at the DG Murray Trust discusses the importance of demand-led skills training for young people and why it should be a top priority for our new government. Demand-led skilling is an approach to skills development in which training and education programmes are designed based on the current and future needs of […]

SAFM Interview: Demand-led skills training for young people

“We need to create a sense of energy and excitement among young people so that they feel like the skills they’re getting will make them employable and increase their chances of finding work”. So says Bridget Hannah, DGMT Innovation Director during a recent interview on SAFM. She was talking about the importance of demand-led skills […]

Hands-on Learning Issue 27

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 can draw from and build on their experiences. Putting children first: What can […]

Learning Brief – Wraparound support for young people

South Africa’s youth bulge is significant and in an election year, we are reminded that young people have the power to shape South Africa’s future. Yet a third of young people are not in education, employment or training (NEET) due to the multiple and complex barriers that young people face in accessing and seizing opportunities. […]

Cape Talk Interview: The Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation Leading for Humanity programme

Cape Talk continues to highlight the 2024 cohort of the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation’s Leading for Humanity Programme. On 17 April they spoke to Bridget Hannah, DGMT Innovation Director, who leads the portfolio, ‘All young people on pathways to productivity. https://dgmt.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Desmond-and-Leah-Tutu-Legacy-Foundation-Leading-for-Humanity-programme-Bridget-Hannah.mp3

How are politicians thinking about school dropout prevention strategies?

A quarter of our children are nutritionally stunted, damaging their educational prospects. While there are many reasons why children are pushed or pulled out of school, poor academic results and grade repetition due to poor marks are the best predictors of dropout. In South Africa about one in ten children (1.2 million) fail their grade […]

Newzroom Afrika Interview: Introducing DGMT’s Change Ideas initiative

Newzroom Afrika Interview: Introducing DGMT’s Change Ideas initiative

Change Ideas: Public policies to change our world DGMT’s new initiative, Change Ideas, through policy briefs, advocacy and engagements with decision-makers and the public, aims to address issues facing South Africa, delve into their root causes, leverage proven research (both locally and internationally) and propose practical solutions that are readily scalable. Change Ideas brings together […]

SABC News Interview: DGMT’s Change Ideas initiative – An introduction

SABC News Interview: DGMT’s Change Ideas initiative – An introduction

Change Ideas: Public policies to change our world DGMT’s new initiative, Change Ideas, through policy briefs, advocacy and engagements with decision-makers and the public, aims to address issues facing South Africa, delve into their root causes, leverage proven research (both locally and internationally) and propose practical solutions that are readily scalable. Change Ideas brings together […]