Op-ed: What the ama2000s bring to South Africa’s ECD landscape
“Ama2000” — South Africa’s version of Gen Z — is used to describe a generation perceived as rebellious and vocal. They are known for challenging authority. Yet, at a workshop in Freedom Park in Soweto, I witnessed something that defied these assumptions: young early childhood development (ECD) practitioners brimming with energy, ideas and a willingness […]
PowerFM Interview: Place-based, demand-led training connects young people to real jobs in their own communities
Following up on the op-ed published by the Sowetan, DGMT Innovation Manager, Smanga Mbili, spoke to PowerFM about how demand-led skilling rooted in local realities may play a critical role in addressing South Africa’s youth unemployment landscape.
Cape Talk Interview: Matching skills to place and demand offers a practical route to tackle youth unemployment
Following up on the op-ed published by the Sowetan, DGMT Innovation Manager, Smanga Mbili, spoke to Cape Talk about how demand-led skilling rooted in local realities may play a critical role in addressing South Africa’s youth unemployment landscape. .
SmileFM Interview: Demand-led skilling rooted in local realities can unlock pathways out of youth unemployment
Following up on the op-ed published by the Sowetan, DGMT Innovation Manager, Smanga Mbili, spoke to SmileFM about how demand-led skilling rooted in local realities may play a critical role in addressing South Africa’s youth unemployment landscape. .
The hidden dimensions of poverty
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 Youth development practitioners often focus on the supply and demand side of […]
Fortifying everyday foods: why pap and bread are part of the solution to hidden hunger
Bread and pap in South Africa are enhanced so that they deliver the vitamins and minerals your body needs. That’s the basic premise of large-scale food fortification — adding small amounts of essential nutrients to the staple foods people already eat, so that more children can grow well, more mothers have healthy pregnancies, and fewer […]
Op-ed: The stepping stones that young people need to find work
If you’ve graduated with a degree that can land a job in finance, you are likely on a path to a stable and well-paying career. But if you are one of the nearly 4 million young people between the ages of 15 and 24 in South Africa who are unemployed, out of school or not […]
Hands-on Learning Issue 31
Through the Hands-on Learning publication, 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. How our unsung heroes can reduce stunting The care and nutrition that mothers and […]
Op-ed: You can’t plant hope without nurturing its roots
In rural South Africa, youth unemployment is a crisis. Thousands of young people are locked out of opportunities across provinces such as the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, and Limpopo, with limited income and pathways to social mobility. In response, agriculture is often promoted as a solution — a means to generate livelihoods, address household food insecurity […]
ENCA Interview: Young people are ready to do work for the common good on Mandela Day, and every other day
On Mandela Day, DGMT called for more than symbolic gestures. With youth unemployment soaring and millions not in education or training, South Africa faces a deepening social crisis. Bridget Hannah, Innovation Director at DGMT, spoke to ENCA about why creating meaningful work, especially work for the common good, is essential to rebuilding social cohesion and […]