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The Department of Land Reform and Rural Development says its hands are tight and can't assist protesting agriculture graduates. The young people have been camping outside the offices of the department as well as the National Treasury for days now. They are demanding to be re-employed by the land reform department after their contracts were prematurely terminated. They have vowed to continue sleeping out in the cold until government listens […]

Agricultural studies graduates have been camping outside the National Treasury and the Department of Land Reform and Rural Development offices in Pretoria. They are demanding the reinstatement of funding for Assistant Agricultural Practitioners. They say their Assistant Agricultural Practitioners' contracts were prematurely terminated nine months ago. Apparently, 5 000 young graduates were affected by the move. The young people are now demanding their jobs back and the reinstatement of the […]

With the May 29 elections around corner, the ANC in Limpopo has suffered a blow after reality TV star, Papa Penny, ditched the party and joined former president, Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party). Papa Penny’s move could see the governing party lose its support base of voters in the Mopani Region due to his cult following of music listeners in the area. Papa Penny has previously served as […]

"Young people do not have close political ties to parties and none of them has so far been able to capture them," says political analyst, Dr Collette Schulz-Herzenberg, amid the quest to get more young people to participate in the upcoming elections. Dr. Schulz-Herzenberg believes that the country has failed to mobilise the youth and entice them to vote. She says political parties are struggling to reach the young people […]

Economist, Duma Gqubule, says the joblessness crisis in the country can be solved in a month if the government began investing in the country's infrastructure and people. This as the latest unemployment statistics show that the youth remain vulnerable in the country's job market, with the number of unemployed young people having increased to nearly 5 million in the first quarter of the year. Gqubule says the economy will start […]

Literacy activist and author, Sam Mathe, says it's concerning that black children continue to struggle to access quality learning material, 30 years into democracy. His cries come as Johannesburg inner-city residents say they remain in the dark, about when their prized library will re-open. Members of the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation will take to the streets on Saturday, demanding the re-opening of the Joburg City Library, which was closed four years […]

A South African-born author based in Canada, Kagiso Molope, is urging young people and those in positions of power to speak out against the atrocities they see happening in the world. The author went viral on social media after being escorted out of an event for speaking out about child casualties in the Gaza Strip. It's understood Molope had been invited to give a speech at the prestigious Politics and […]

DJ Tira, born Mthokozisi Khathi, has slapped aspiring singer, Luke Ntombela, with a cease-and-desist letter. Ntombela has previously hinted that she could have been drugged and possibly raped by the DJ. This led to diverse views on the matter with some social media users accusing Ntombela of trying to destroy DJ Tira's career, while others claim the DJ has been using young women for years now. Tira has now hit […]

Young MK Party supporters outside the Constitutional Court have hailed former president, Jacob Zuma’s time in office as a high point for youth empowerment and job creation. They say under Zuma’s leadership, young people of all races could find jobs and climb the ladder of opportunity. They were speaking on the sidelines of the IEC’s Constitutional Court bid to have Zuma taken off the MK Party’s candidate list. The IEC […]