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One of the best ways to achieve and maintain equal opportunity in South Africa is through quality education that targets the poor and offers them the means to gain experience and advance their prospects in a substantial way.
BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

OPINION| Amend laws to allow businesses to boost education and food security

Prioritise vocational training, introduce economic empowerment for the disadvantaged in the place of black economic empowerment and amend the Consumer Protection Act to enable…

  • Sindile Vabaza
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Development statistics tell us what has happened. They show us how many children have dropped out of school, how many young people are unemployed and how many households remain trapped in poverty. (Oupa Nkosi)
BASIC EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT INITIATIVE

Tackling youth unemployment requires sustained and coordinated action

Youth unemployment is not often discussed in all its complexities. Like a game of snakes and ladders, this crisis is the result of compounding roadblocks and U-turns that young…

  • Kristal Duncan-Williams
  • Clotilde Angelucci
  • Mario Meyer
  • Lethiwe Sinodumo Nkosi
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