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Brianna Fruean is a young Pioneering Climate campaigner from Samoa and a recipient of the 2022 Global Citizen Prize: Citizen Award

Heed the youth on climate change

To force a climate breakthrough, leaders must listen to and promote the stories of young people

A group of teachers undergoing digital skills training in the DBE Teacher Center in Seshego.

Young and jobless? Apply for one of 287 000 education assistant posts

Education department urges young, jobless people to apply for teaching assistant vacancies

Mandatory vaccination involves, at a glance, the constitutional rights to bodily integrity, privacy, to protection against unfair discrimination and to freedom of thought, religion, conscience and opinion. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Young people can begin getting Covid-19 jabs from Friday 20 August

Previously, the government had said people aged between 18 and 35 years would be eligible to be vaccinated only from September

June 16: There’s no such thing as a lost generation, it’s time to invest in our youth now

Vital that the government and private sector create jobs and invest in youth as their numbers rise.

Panelists at the M&G Critical Thinking Forum included Plaxcedes Mapako, Pretty Yende, Nomxolisi Malope, Dr Jonathan Ndzi and Tendayi-Rita Muteerwara. (Lwazi Hlope)

Examining the concerns of youth migration

Young people need access to services, irrespective of where they are from, forum hears.

Young people at one of loveLife’s youth-friendly clinics. (loveLife)

One more barrier to overcome

It is important to be treated with respect by healthcare workers.

ICPD and Young People

Young people have more specific concerns and needs related to sexuality but few receive adequate preparation for their sexual lives.

Youth Migration: Moving Development Forward

Young migrants have become powerful agents of change and development.

Young people move development forward

Young people can transform the social and economic fortunes of developed and developing countries alike.