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WE REMEMBER & REFLECT

A PARTIAL LIST OF THOSE KILLED IN THE 1976 UPRISING, AND THEIR AGE.

HELP FOR SMALL-SCALE FARMERS

BETTER BARLEY, BETTER BEER INTIATIVE TO SUPPORT LOCAL FARMING BUSINESSES. Sustainable Business and agricultural support for local Barley Farmers from SAB Miller and WWF-SA. PAGE 17

EMPLOYING INEXPERIENCED YOUTH

AMBITIOUS PROGRAMME TO INCENTIVISE BUSINESS TO EMPLOY INEXPERIANCED YOUTH. By having work experience, a CV and a reference letter to attest for them, South African youth are three times more likely to be able to find employment, with the effect being twice as much for women.

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In memory of them and all those not listed & their families.

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TRADITIONAL LEADERS

THE ROLE OF TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP IN A CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY The institution, status and roles of traditional leadership, according to customary law, are recognised. PAGE 5

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The Change is Now PUBLISHER’S MESSAGE: By Nangamso Swazi

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he question of what defines a country is a complex one. Some may point to visible symbols such as the flag or national anthem, others may suggest that it is encapsulated in wellknown landmarks, it’s people or larger than life personalities.

There is of course no one answer to this question as a country is defined by a myriad of tangible and intangible things, however the intangible is often just as important for it is the proverbial glue that holds a nation together.

The change we seek is to rid our communities of the scourge of drugs and substance abuse. We must also do more to tackle the triple threat of poverty, inequality, and unemployment through Education & Training, Opportunities, Careers, Skills, Youth development and Women Empowerment to name just a few.

The level of corruption and crime are still too high and must be fought by all of us, we live in a society where material things are often valued above all else. This has manifested in a disturbing new trend where young women fall prey to so called ‘blessers’.

Wherever one looks there are challenges that must be confronted and addressed.

In that The Citizen Journal is for all South Africans to give them a vision of the future that is both hopeful and bright also that is of all SA citizens dream to take advantages of opportunities that come with the democratic freedom they so desperately fought for. The average South African wants a better life, but does not know where the opportunities lie to access one and this is the free platform to give the New South Africa back to the people in a language that they understand. To stand as an interface where government, their many agencies and corporate stakeholders can engage with not just each other but also direct to the public focusing on Career advice, Success profiles, Business Opportunities, Support and Corporate Social initiatives

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PUBLISHING EDITOR

NANGAMSO SWAZI

@ NangamsoSwazi nangamso01@gmail.com

23 YEARS INTO DEMOCRACY, STILL THE WAY FORWARD IS BLURRED BY NEGLECTING THE PAST.

Cheap Labour & the Bantu Education Act. We ask ourselves about the role that South Africa’s ‘cheap’ labour haven had to play in the establishment of the Bantu Education Act, and how the legacy of this still affects us today in our society.

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t’s been 23 years later since ‘94, and it is only now that I feel like we can begin tackling the matters of freedom, racial and economic inequality. It is only now that I can begin unpacking what Apartheid really was. Although in 1994 I was just 11 years old. Before this age, events must permeate though a world of fantasy in order to be understoood by a child. For the most part, marches; protests; the sound of gun shots or a bomb going off, were all exciting except for when it was scary.

I cannot begin to understand what state the students of Soweto were in when they took to march on June 16 against the Bantu Education Act. I wonder if it occured to anyone of them that the police might open fire upon them. For now, 23 years into our democracy, it feels like 27 April 1994 was not Freedom Day but the first step in a long walk to what will be our Freedom Day in reality.

Part of the benefit of thinking about the past is that it provides new incite to the one who thinks. That is because we are activly searching for meaning. This search for meaning is the most ‘Human aspect’ in the human creature. Each time we re-look at an event, new meaning unfolds or facets of the same meaning till we get a picture that then uniquely shapes our opinion of the world around us.

Till this moment my upset about the event of June 16 was always about police shooting children in protest.

Ofcourse it is the outrage, that sparks a movement of insurgence against an injustice. People always need outrage to spark any kind of movement. But never before did I really bother to investigate why the students were on the streets in the first place. To put myself in their shoes. This was beside my inadequate understanding of the Bantu Education Act. As H.F Verwoerd, the architect of the Bantu Education Act (1953), conceived it:

“There is no place for [the African] in the European community above the level of certain forms of labour. It is of no avail for him to receive a training which has as its aim, absorption in the European community” Was this plain, indescriminate rascism, or was there something economic involved? There are numerous studies on the Bantu Education Act and its motivations, but studies fall mainly into two views on this debate. The Traditional view, that it was pure rascist ideology, and another view was that to secure a cheap, unskilled labour force was already on the agenda of the regime prior to the Bantu Education Act. In whichever view one takes it is clear that securing cheap Black labour for White industry was indeed an actual agenda of the Apartheid regime wether it motivated the Bantu Education Act or not. For a long time in this country we have taken for granted that cheap labour exists and can be exploited. This is for the same reason individuals use high unemployment saying that if the people do not have access to these unreasonably low paying jobs, then they will not eat. So what do you do? They become the ‘boitjie’ or the ‘girl’. We still hear these words today, meaning this person is not physically a boy or a girl, but he/she has the mind of one. And so long as we have labour in South Africa that

can be considered ‘cheap’ by world standards, then it is not unreasonable to say that we are still living under the mechanisms of Apartheid and are yet to be free. Someone once asked me, “What is the opposite of War?” to which I replied, “Peace.” “No!” he said, “It is Justice.”

He did not mean to say that one must be violent in conflict, but that conflict is the first sign of Injustice and oppression and when not corrected and put immediately into dialogue, it leads to a corruption in the land and a conflict amongst people.

And this is True, Would there have been any resistance to Aparthied had it been Just? To say, that if there was still separation of the races but without the inequality and oppression? We are left with this clarity atleast. By the fact that we have high unemployment and cheap labour in this country, we have yet to steer ourselves away from what we fought against in 1976. Now the youth must take this on. Not just the advantage of programmes allowing access to education and new business but to bring back into dialogue the injustice that caused the lack of it METROBRAND

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Nangamso Swazi - Publishing Editor “NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A MAN SAYS TO HIMSELF, I HAVE FAILED THREE TIMES, AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HE SAYS, IM A FAILURE."

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

“SO WHAT DO YOU THINK OF OUR NEW PRESIDENT?”

N.C. Apallasamy - Designer I think it is a much needed change. I am looking forward to seeing what he plans to do with the housing situation. We shall see.

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MZANSI CULTURAL CUIZINE

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CULTU R CUIZIN AL E

IMPRESS YOUR HOUSE GUESTS WITH THIS YUMMY LOCAL DISH!

THE Traditional CAPE MALAY BOBOTIE WITH YELLOW RICE EDITORIAL STAFF @TCJEDITOR

Bobotie is the iconic dish of South Africa, most commonly served with yellow rice.

Difficulty Rating: Easy Ingredients: • • • • • • • • • • • • •

2 tablespoons olive oil 2 cups chopped onions 1 tablespoon ground ginger 1 tablespoon curry powder 1 tablespoon ground turmeric 1 tablespoon brown sugar 1 ½ pounds extra lean ground beef ¼ cup dried breadcrumbs ½ cup raisins 2 tablespoons white vinegar 2 tablespoons tomato paste 2 tablespoons mango chutney 1 tablespoon apricot jam or

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orange marmalade salt and freshly ground black pepper

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1 teaspoon grated lemon zest Method:

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2 eggs 1 ½ cups light cream pinch salt

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. 2. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat.

3. Add onions and sauté

until softened.

4. Add ginger, curry powder, turmeric and sugar, and cook until fragrant.

5. Add ground beef and sauté until it starts to lose its pinkness.

6. Add breadcrumbs, raisins, vinegar, tomato paste, chutney and apricot jam, and season with salt and pepper.

7. Cook, stirring for 5 to 7 minutes or until the flavours have come together.

8. Taste for seasoning, adding salt and pepper or more spice according to your own taste.

9. Transfer to an 20cm x 20cm greased baking or casserole dish.

10. Beat together the eggs, milk, salt and lemon zest and pour over the meat mixture.

11. Bake for 45 minutes, or until the top has set and has turned a lovely golden colour.

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3 cups water 2 cups white basmati rice 2 teaspoons ground turmeric 3 1-inch pieces cinnamon stick 1 cup raisins 1 teaspoon sea salt Method:

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Rinse the rice in a strainer in cold running water until the water runs clear.

Drain well in the strainer.

Combine the water, rice, turmeric, cinnamon sticks and salt in a pot and bring to a boil over high heat.

Reduce the heat to low and stir in the raisins.

Cover and simmer for 12 to 15 minutes or until the rice is tender.

Check for seasoning and add more salt if necessary.

The DTI's delegation in China to encourage investment in the SA Special Economic Zones (SEZs).

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he delegation will be led by deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Bulelani Magwanishe.

The investment roadshow will head to Shanghai, where it aims to bring “high-level local and international investors together with a view to entice their appetite to invest in South Africa”, a statement issued by the DTI read.

“One of the strategic initiatives that the government, through the dti, has earmarked for accelerating the country’s industrial development

agenda is the SEZ Programme.

According to the Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP), SEZs are used to stimulate foreign and domestic investment, increase production output leading to increased exports of valueadded manufacturing goods and employment creation, amongst others,” Magwanishe explains.

The roadshow will run from May 26 to 31 and will take the form of workshops where the delegation will make “a presentation on South Africa’s SEZ opportunities and incentives offered”.

“The SA delegation will also conduct a benchmarking exercise for the South African SEZs by visiting thriving SEZs in Shanghai for knowledgesharing,” the statement said.

“The roadshow seeks to attract potential investors in different sectors to invest in our SEZs. The targeted audience will include investors, Chinese finance institutions and government representatives.

In order to have vibrant SEZs and competitive regional economies, it is, therefore, necessary to continuously implement a systematic marketing and investment

approach for various SEZs in South Africa and to also state their value-proposition to potential investors,” the deputy minister explains.

There are currently eight designated SEZs in six provinces of South Africa.

These are supported by stateof-the-art infrastructure, as well as a competitive tax incentive package.

President Cyril Ramaphosa led a delegation earlier this year to the Commonwealth Summit in London, which he used to kick-off his drive to entice R1.2-trillion in direct foreign investment in South Africa

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I think it is a much needed change. Yes to the future. .

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I think it is a much needed change. The change is now. .

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NEXT WEEKS QUESTION “IS THERE ENOUGH SUPPORT FOR SME’S?” @NangamsoSwazi

KNOW YOUR CONSTITUTION

are to promote the role of traditional leadership within a democratic constitutional dispensation, enhance unity and understanding among traditional communities and advise national government.

Provincial houses of traditional leaders were established in all six provinces that have traditional leaders, namely the Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West.

The Role of Traditional Leadership in a Democracy There is a little something about this article that we can put in a short summary just below this headline. I am sure someone might want to read it before getting into the articlE

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n September 2013, Cabinet approved the publication of a Bill that would pave the way for the Khoisan people to be recognised.

The Bill makes statutory provisions for the recognition of the Khoisan and also addresses limitations of existing legislation relating to traditional leadership and governance. The Bill will contribute to the NDP’s key target relating to broadening social cohesion and unity while addressing the inequalities of the past. South Africa also has provincial houses of traditional leaders in the following six provinces: Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West.

National and provincial houses of traditional leaders enhance the cooperative relationships within national and provincial government.

Local houses of traditional leaders deepen and cement the relationship between municipalities and traditional leaders on customary law and

development initiatives.

TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP Chapter 11 of the Constitution states that the institution, status and roles of traditional leadership, according to customary law, are recognised.

Government acknowledges the critical role of traditional leadership institutions in South Africa’s constitutional democracy and in communities, particularly in relation to the rural-development strategy. It therefore remains committed to strengthening the institution of traditional leader-ship.

To this end, numerous pieces of legislation have been passed and various programmes implemented to ensure that traditional leader-ship makes an important contribution to the development of society.

The department is also working on a range of issues, which include policies on unity and diversity, initiation, traditional healing, traditional leaders’ protocol, family trees, the remuneration and

benefits of traditional leaders based on uniform norms and standards, and involving the Khoisan people in the system of governance in South Africa.

TRADITIONAL COUNCILS Legislation has transformed the composition of traditional councils to provide for elements of democracy. It states that 40% of members must be elected and that one third of members must be women.

THE CONSTITUTION STATES THAT THE INSTITUTION, STATUS AND ROLES OF TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP, ACCORDING TO CUSTOMARY LAW, ARE RECOGNISED.

Legislation has also opened up an opportunity for municipalities and traditional councils to achieve cooperative governance.

Traditional

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been given a strong voice in development matters and may now enter into partnerships and service-delivery agreements with government in all spheres.

The National Khoisan Council aims to unite the Khoisan communities and create a platform through which they can raise issues affecting them as a group of communities.

The most important issue is the statutory recognition and inclusion of the Khoisan people in formal government structures.

HOUSES OF TRADITIONAL LEADERS The Constitution mandates the establishment of houses of traditional leaders by means of either provincial or national legislation.

The National House of Traditional Leaders was established in terms of the then National House of Traditional Leaders Act, 1997 (Act 10 of 1997). Its objectives and functions

The national and provincial houses of traditional leaders enhance the cooperative relationships within national and provincial government, while the establishment of local houses of traditional leaders deepens and cements the relationship between municipalities and traditional leaders on customary law and development initiatives.

COMMISSION ON TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP DISPUTES AND CLAIMS The commission was established in terms of the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Act of 2003.

It is tasked with restoring the dignity of traditional leaders and their communities by investigating and ensuring that the institution of traditional leadership is restored to where it belongs.

It also investigates all claims to any position of traditional leadership (king/queen/ principal/senior traditional leader and headmen and women), including disputes over the boundaries of traditional councils.

Section 25 of the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Act of 2003 requires that the commission investigate and make recommendations on cases where there is doubt as to whether a kingship, principal traditional leadership or senior traditional leadership and headmanship was established in accordance with customary law and customs

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From Khayelitsha to a PhD Graduation at Oxford University

Dr Vuyane Mhlomi, a man from humble beginnings in Khayelitsha, graduated from Oxford University proving that putting your mind to something, pays off.

HE BELIEVED THAT IF YOU’RE GOING TO DREAM BIG THEN YOUR WORK ETHIC NEEDS TO BE BIGGER THAN YOUR HOPES. HE KNEW WHAT HE WANTED IN LIFE AND HE WAS GOING TO GET IT.

D

r Vuyane Mhlomi recently graduated from Oxford University with a DPhil which is more commonly known as a PhD. He was a recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship which afforded him the opportunity to attend Oxford University.

Born and raised in

Surgery degree (MBChB) (2011) Khayelitsha, Mhlomi was the third child of four. His single mother supported the family and Mhlomi refused to let his situation bring him down. He believed he could do anything he set his mind to.

At just 29 his life’s achievements are something

to be admired. Lead SA shared a list of them on their website including the fact that he has been selected as a #947HumanGem. •

He graduated from the University of Cape Town with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of

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UCT Most Outstanding Leader in a Faculty Council Award (2011)

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Founded the MH Foundation – which helps underprivileged youngsters obtain the resources to succeed (2012)

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Mail & Guardian Top 200 young South Africans He is an actor and an award-winning playwright Obtained his DPhil from Oxford University (2017) EDITORIAL STAFF @NangamsoSwazi

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the programme between 9 to 18 months, said Head of CapaCiTi programme, Soraya Mohideen.

The programme is specifically designed for previously disadvantaged SA citizens. While the programmes cover different skill set, the minimum requirement is a Matric.

After completion, candidates receive a certificate and they are then placed in an internship following their training.

3000 Unemployed Yyouth will be Trained by this R250m Programme Local job readiness initiative, The Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative (CiTi) announced that it will be contributing R250 million to support skills development and job creation in South Africa.

CiTi, which was launched in 1999 aims to equip unemployed South Africans with digital skills in Johannesburg, Durban and Port Elizabeth as well as at the organisations hub in Cape Town.

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he CapaCiTi programme has spent seven years to build their expertise in technology skills development.

CapaCiTi has already trained 1000 candidates and placed them in jobs.

With the additional funding of R250 million, CapaCiTi will now be training 3000 candidates with industry-demanded technology and business skills, placing them in permanent jobs in South Africa’s leading companies.

CiTi has received R75 million from the National Jobs Fund, R100 million from BCX, and the additional funding will come from leading SA companies who invest in SA’s youth and their own business’ digital transformation. Thus far, the job readiness programme has achieved a 97% placement rate in 130 South African companies to date.

Skills shortage is a harrowing problem in South Africa which is why this programme has the ability to elevate job creation.

“South Africa faces an enormous unemployment problem whilst at the same time the economy is being constrained from growing at its full potential due to a shortage of appro-

priate skills. This is further exacerbated by a rapid change to our old economic model as the new digital economy becomes pervasive.

CapaCiTi has a placement track record of 90% of its graduates placed into internships and 82% of its graduates placed into permanent jobs.

Disruptive technology is damaging social cohesion throughout the world, but we see this as a massive opportunity for South Africa to unlock all the latent talent which we have by providing access to relevant, responsive skills training and education. Our new President called on us to play an active role in shaping South Africa’s future, to “Send Me”, in his recent State of the Nation address.

This is the opportunity for corporate SA to stand up and answer that call. Come and join us by participating in this amazing skills initiative, whilst at the same time solving your tech skills constraints”, said CEO of CiTi, Ian Merrington.

CapaCiTi PROGRAMME The job readiness programs range from 3 to 12 months and all programmes are coupled with a 6-month internship.

This makes the total length of

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The next process is where interviews are conducted to place graduates into full-time jobs. CapaCiTi has a placement track record of 90% of its graduates placed into internships and 82% of its graduates placed into permanent jobs.

CapaCiTi’s programmes focus on software development languages like Java and Python and ICT infrastructure.

Graduates have been placed at more than 180 companies in SA including Absa, Woolworths, PWC and T-Systems to name a few.

“Students will receive a core technical training (in one of the above), which is layered with 21st century business skills training in collaboration, critical and creative thinking, communication and supported by a professional coach who will equip them with the personal skills and toolsets required to succeed in the modern workplace.

CapaCiTi grads are “jobready”, meaning they add value to the business/ their employer as soon as they start”, said Mohideen.

She adds that digital technology is the driving force in industry today. “Data driven companies who adopt and adapt tech will survive the surge in digital disruption across all sectors. This rapid digitization of industry, coupled with the critical skills shortage in tech disciplines and high rates of youth unemployment, makes the environment ripe for job creation. CapaCiTi responds to business needs by designing tech training and job readiness programmes which deliver skilled young talent into the market”, concluded Mohideen.

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he Coega Development C o r p o r a t i o n (CDC) announced today, it has been nominated for yet another international accolade at the African Infrastructure Project Developers Awards 2018 taking place on 18 June 2018 at the St Regis Hotel, Le Mourne in Mauritius, said Dr Ayanda Vilakazi, CDC unit head Marketing, Brand and Communications.

No other SEZ in South Africa has previously made it on the shortlist of the prestigious awards.

The nomination of the CDC sees it pitted against the best in both East, West & Southern Africa.

The organisation has been shortlisted in the category for Regional Infrastructure Investment Initiative of the Year.

“We are over the moon with the nomination as it boasts well for our African footprint development programmme.

The CDC is in the process of intensifying its business outreach efforts by going beyond the borders of South Africa,” says Dr Vilakazi.

The CDCs nomination is a second for the organisation in prestigious international awards after winning the Sub-Suharan Enterprise Awards - Best International Trade Marketing Specialist in Africa. Earlier this month, the CDC was one of only sixteen (16) finalist companies out of hundred and fifty eight (158) nominated for the Oliver Empowerment Awards.

“Recognition by captains of industry demonstrates the extent to which we take our vision seriously, i.e. to be the leading catalyst for the championing of socioeconomic growth, seriously when embarking on our work.” concludes Dr. Vilakazi.

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INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE

TRAINING FOR 5000 YOUTH

Brigadier General Anton Grundling, Eastern Cape premier Phumulo Masuelle and various dignitaries, with the 400 beneficiaries at the launch of the Infrastructure Maintenance Youth Programme.

we forget about maintenance.

The country’s economy is not growing fast enough to absorb job seekers. We have to creatively use what we have to create those opportunities.

We can only say we wish that you have much resilience and determination — nothing comes easy.”

THE IMYP IS MEANT TO TACKLE HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE PROVINCE, AND WILL EQUIP YOUTHS WITH TECHNICAL SKILLS THAT CAN BE USED TO FIX INFRASTRUCTURE AT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

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ver 400 young people from the Eastern Cape are beneficiaries of a skills training initiative launched by provincial premier Phumulo Masualle in Grahamstown recently. The Infrastructure Maintenance Youth Programme (IMYP) was undertaken with the help of the department of defence at the 6 South African Military Battalion in Grahamstown.

To date 406 young people have completed their training as maintenance officers.

The launch of IMYP on March 28 coincided with the launch of the Youth Employment Services (YES) initiative launched by President Cyril Ramaphosa the previous day, which aims to create employment for youth in partnership with the private sector.

Masualle said the IMYP is meant to tackle high unemployment rate in the province, and will equip youths

with technical skills that can be used to fix infrastructure at government departments.

Thousands more will be trained in future, he said.

“We need to train 5 000 of our young people. Here we have 406, the first cohort. This is just the beginning; we want to have further intakes. We have revised our internship policy within parameters of what is acceptable. We are trying to increase [the training] periods from 18 to 24 months so that people can gain more experience. The prospects ahead are immeasurable and will depend on how much we want this,” said Masualle.

THE YES PROGRAMME He said the coincidental launch of the YES programme by Ramaphosa showed that the government was serious about tackling unemployment. “We are very happy today because just yesterday the president launched the YES initiative, which seeks to respond to the plight young people face in our country.

Without this sector of society we can’t pride ourselves about our future. We can only talk about a future that is bright based on how we respond to the concerns of the youth.”

He commended the national defence force (NDF) for availing its facilities for the training, saying the army

would be remembered for its positive impact on society.

“This partnership is possible because we have this democratic dispensation.

Years ago the NDF had to augment the work of the police; at some point we’d have state of emergencies. But today we have conditions of peace that enables the defence force to play a meaningful role in society. We are grateful to the minister of defence [Nosiviwe Noluthando MapisaNqakula],” said Masualle.

The premier said there were opportunities for the youth trained through IMYP to use their skills in schools, clinics and hospitals. The province’s MEC for health Dr Phumza Dyantyi made a pledge to support the trainees with internship opportunities. “In the department of education, every year the MEC has to make an announcement by September 30 as to what the requirements of the schools will be. Nobody thinks about the general maintenance of our schools. There is an opportunity. Here are young people who are getting skilled to do exactly that,” Masualle said.

“If we had these facilities management officers in all our institutions, it would make a great difference for those who use these facilities. In our rush to build new facilities,

Eastern Cape director general Marion Mbina-Mthembu said that unlike the majority of government programmes that target those with tertiary education, the IMYP caters for those with some high school education. “What can we do for those who cannot go further, have at least attained grade nine or did not do well in matric? We need to attend to issues of hopelessness for the youth who can no longer work in mines.”

Mbina-Mthembu said it was important to reduce unemployment, and thus social ills. “The problem of unemployment is ‘3D’ — discouraged, disillusioned, depressed — such people often become delinquents, which leads to serious social problems. It’s a catastrophe for the security cluster and for social development. We engaged the department of defence because they build a lot of infrastructure in Africa.

The curriculum was drawn up by the departments of health and education. Character building and discipline was always going to be part of the curriculum. We need to partner with defence not only for character building, but also discipline,” she said.

The director general said there was sufficient capacity to absorb youths who have completed the infrastructure maintenance programme in the country. “You need to prove yourself for another 18 moths at the department of education or health before they can take you on permanently. It should not matter where you were born or what your circumstances are, the government cares for you.”

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African Youth Council (SAYC) Vuyiseka Mboxela said the council applauded the premier, because his pronouncements on dealing with youth unemployment have been followed by action.

Mboxela cautioned the youth to remain disciplined and take their responsibilities seriously. “The fact that if your training starts at six, you get up at four, is responsibility.

There’s a lot of money put into this programme, there’s a lot of work and you ought to be responsible. You have to be professional and determined; it starts with you respecting time. The army generals are here to mould you in the right direction,” she said.

“You must be the change that you want to see. If the statistics of unemployment are as they are reported, you must know that it depends on how you are going to conduct yourself.

Yesterday the president of the SAYC shared a stage with President Cyril Ramaphosa, launching the YES programme. We are here today for a similar programme meant to make a dent in youth unemployment, and we are pleased with the steps government is taking.”

Dyantyi said: “On behalf of MEC for education Mandla Makupula and on behalf of those who are the beneficiaries of this programme, we commit to promote synergies between youth policies and the broader development policies of this province. We pledge to take care of the youth, provided they take their responsibilities seriously.”

Trainee Nomala Mboniso from Dutywa said she was grateful for the opportunity. The young mother said she left an infant to take part in the training programme that has equipped her with maintenance skills, in the hopes of changing her family’s fortunes. “I am married with four children and I left my baby to come here hoping to change my life. We struggle a lot. I would like to send a message to my colleagues; some have families of their own. I encourage everyone to take what we learned here back to our homes and make a difference. Let’s use every opportunity we get to prove ourselves.”

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unitary structure, established to address youth development issues at National, Provincial and Local government level.

These grants programmes are provided to young entrepreneurs as an opportunity to access financial and non-financial business development support. This programme is directed at youth entrepreneurs who are showing potential but are not fully developed yet.

NYDA BENEFICIARY: RIVALANI MANGWANI The 30-year-old Rivalani Mangwani from Bram Fischerville studied Hospitality Management at University of Johannesburg for a period of 2 years, but could not complete the course due to financial constraints.

Filled with the burning desire to follow his passion, Rivalani decided to establish Black Signatcha apparel - A Clothing Manufacturing and Branding business.

The aspiring young entrepreneur attended the NYDA Business Management Training with the purpose of

expanding his knowledge as he intended to manage a successful and profitable business. The successful completion of the course made him eligible to apply for the NYDA Grant Funding.

The NYDA approved the Grant Funding valued at R32 675, 74 to purchase materials and equipment such as fabric, paints and machinery for his business. Additionally, the Agency assisted this young aspiring entrepreneur with the NYDA Voucher consisting of marketing collateral to widely promote and expose Rivalani’s venture. At its current

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state, the business employs three young people on a full-time basis and two temporary staff members.

The operations of the business are facilitated in Gauteng and Cape Town.

(NYDA) NATIONAL YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) is a South Africanbased agency established primarily to tackle challenges that the nation’s youth are faced with. The NYDA was established by an Act of parliament, Act no 54 of 2008. The institution was established to be a single,

Young people who would like to access the grants programmes will have to commit to participating in the NYDA mentorship and voucher programme for a minimum of 2 years.

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REMEMBERING JUNE 16 1976

THE EVENTS OF 16 JUNE 1976 SPARKED AN UPRISING THAT LATER LED TO DEMOCRATIC FREEDOM

WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT FATEFULL DAY: 16 JUNE 1976 Here below are the eyewitness accounts of what took place between the hours of 07h00 and 13h00 on 16 June 1976. We remember these events in order that we might value their sacrifice and that it may not happen again.

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t is hard to get a clear picture of what exactly happened on the day of June 16th. Most of the information comes from eyewitness accounts of students who participated, journalists who were on the scene, as well as the police reports on the events. As with all history, a lot depends on the perspective of the person telling the story as well as those who have subsequently written about it. Some accounts directly contradict each other.

We are not endeavouring to write an objective account but are providing a platform for people to tell their own stories which we hope will form an accurate portrayal of events.

Please send us an e-mail us and tell us if any of the information is factually incorrect.

07:00 Not all the children who were to participate in the march on June 16 knew about it on the morning of the 16th. For many it was an ordinary school day.

But, by this time, students were feeling very frustrated and dissatisfied with the Bantu education system in general and the introduction of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction. It was exam time for the senior students and many were scared that they would fail the exams if they would have to write in Afrikaans.

Nonetheless the march that was planned by the Action Committee of the Soweto Students Representative Council (SSRC) was well organised and was to be conducted in a peaceful way.

The leaders of the original march, mainly came from two high schools, Naledi High in Naledi and Morris Isaacson in Mofolo. Sfiso Ndlovo argues, however, that the main centre of organisational activity was Phefeni Junior Secondary, close to Vilakazi Street in Orlando.

Phefeni was certainly close to the railway station from which many students got off their trains to join the march. The plan was that students from Naledi High were to march from their direction and pick up students from the schools on their way. The Morris Isaacson students were to march from their school doing the same until they met at a central point where they would proceed peacefully together to the Orlando Stadium. Other schools also were part of the original plan but it is not clear that the students at all those schools were fully aware of the march.

BLACK JOURNALISTS STANDING BY THE POLICE HEARD A SHOT: “LOOK AT HIM. HE’S GOING TO SHOOT AT THE KIDS”. A SINGLE SHOT RAN OUT. THERE WAS A SPLIT SECONDS SILENCE AND PANDEMONIUM BROKE OUT.

07:30 The first students to gather together were at Naledi High.

The mood was high spirited and jovial. At assembly the principal gave support to the children and wished them good luck. The first chairperson of the Action Committee, Tepello Motopanyane addressed

them and informed them that discipline and a peaceful march were to be the order of the day.

Meanwhile, at Morris Isaacson students also gathered. They were also addressed by one of the leaders of the Action Committee, Tsietsi Mashinini, and then set out.

On the way they passed by other schools, where some were waiting and those who were not were recruited on the spot to join.

“We were singing and it was jovial, the mood, exciting and with the placards we started going.”

- Dan Moyane Morris Isaacson High School “The first time we heard of it was during our short break. Our leaders informed the principal that students from Morris Isaacson were marching. We then joined one of the groups and marched.”

Sam Khosa secondary School

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In the end there were 11 columns of students marching to Orlando Stadium to meet at the central point of “Uncle Toms” Municipal hall. Before this point, there had been some minor skirmishes with police but it was here that police stopped them, barricading their path. Other schools had been stopped by the police earlier on and had dispersed but managed to join later. It is hard to determine how many students there were, estimates range from 1 000 to 10 000.

09:00 The march was halted and some people helped Tietsi Mashinini climb up onto a tractor so that everyone could see him when he addressed the crowd:

Brothers and Sisters, I appeal to you-keep calm and cool. We have just received a report that the police are coming. Don’t taunt them, don’t do anything to them. Be cool and calm. We are not fighting.

It was a tense moment for both the police and the students.

Police reports stated that the situation was explosive and they retreated to await further reinforcements.

09:30 The students carried on marching until they got to what is now Hector Petersen Square, close to Orlando High School. The march came to a halt again. Different reports of what actually started the shooting have been put forward.

“Despite the tense atmosphere the students remained calm and well ordered.

Suddenly a white policeman

lobbed a teargas canister into the front of the crowd. People ran out of the smoke dazed and coughing. The crowd retreated slightly but remained facing the police, waving placards and singing. A white policeman drew his revolver.

Black journalists standing by the police heard a shot: “Look at him. He’s going to shoot at the kids”. A single shot ran out. There was a split seconds silence and pandemonium broke out. Children screamed.

More shots were fired. At least four students fell and others ran screaming in all directions.” Brooks & Brickhill Whirlwind before the storm, 1980

12:00 After the first massacre, the students fled in different directions. Anger at the senseless killings inspired retaliatory action. West Rand Administrative Buildings (WRAB) vehicles and buildings were set alight ...

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...and burned to the ground, a white WRAB official was pulled out of his car and beaten to death, bottlestores were burned and looted. Other encounters with the police occurred where more students were killed especially in the vicinity of the Regina Mhundi church in Orlando and the Esso garage in Chiawelo. As students were stopped by the police in one area they moved their protest action to others.

By the end of the day most of Soweto, including Diepkloof, which was relatively quiet during the morning, had felt the impact of the protest. For the students at some schools, this was the first they heard or saw. Schools were closed early at about 12:00 and many students walked out of school to a township on fire.

“It was past twelve, past twelve to one. Sister Joseph allowed us to go home, because now it was chaos around. So when we went home we could see that now cars were burning, especially the company cars, those from town, those owned by whites”.

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s more students were let out of school they joined those protesters that were closest to them. Some accounts see the events of the afternoon to be chaos or a “free for all” especially on the basis that

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bottlestores and beerhalls were raided and looted. The apartheid press certainly tried to portray it that way. It was clear that the events of the afternoon were not organised and an atmosphere of panic and defiance existed.

However, others argue that the students attacked targets for political reasons and were disciplined in who and what they attacked. A white university student who was sympathetic was actually taken to safety by the schoolchildren themselves. It was overwhelmingly, WRAB structures and cars that were razed. One black owned business was attacked, the shop of Richard Maponya but this was deliberate. Maponya was a wealthy businessman who was despised by most people because “he exploits us and is a sell out”.

There probably was an element of free for all in the looting of bottlestores. Many students came home with booze and a lot of people enjoyed the results of the plunder. But people had long seen alcohol as a method used by the apartheid government to try and make black people apathetic.

Most of the beerhalls were built by the municipality. People were shouting “less liquor, better education”. There were probably different motivations

at play in the raids of the bottlestores. In any political protest there are those that are more politically motivated and disciplined than others, to see it as one or the other is to misunderstand the nature of political mass action.

Fires continued blazing into the night. At 21:00 Armoured Police cars later known as Hippos started moving into Soweto. Official figures were that 23 people had been killed, but some reports estimated that it was at least 200. It is hard to know how many people had been killed because of police efforts to cover up the

number of people who died.

The June 16 1976 Uprising that began in Soweto and spread countrywide profoundly changed the socio-political landscape in South Africa.

Events that triggered the uprising can be traced back to policies of the Apartheid government that resulted in the introduction of the Bantu Education Act in 1953.

Education was viewed as a part of the overall apartheid system including ‘homelands’, urban restrictions, pass laws and job reservation. This role was one of labourer, worker, and servant only.

As H.F Verwoerd, the architect of the Bantu Education Act (1953), conceived it: “There is no place for [the African] in the European community above the level of certain forms of labour. It is of no avail for him to receive a training which has as its aim, absorption in the European community”

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BUSINESS ADVICE

CONFRONTING YOUR OWN DOUBTS AND FEARS IS THE ESSENCE OF BEING AN ENTREPRENEUR.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP IS ALL ABOUT OVERCOMING OBSTACLES Entrepreneurship is not a destination; it’s a journey. On this journey, successful entrepreneurs don’t have an expectation of “arriving” to some finish line. If you do have that expectation, you won’t continue to push yourself to step outside of your comfort and grow.

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ou won’t seek out the things that truly help your business experience explosive results because all those things require you stretching yourself.

On any journey, you have times of joy and more than a few setbacks. During the times of joy, you feel like you can accomplish anything. It gives you the strength and motivation to continue to put in the work that helps your business.

obstacles, your thoughts focus on what you can’t control and why that situation is happening to you. That can be a dark place. When you feel your thoughts spiraling, give yourself two minutes to fully feel what is going on in your head. Don’t try to suppress those thoughts – let them out.

When you try to suppress them, they grow stronger and threaten to get control.

During the hard times, negative feelings and emotions can easily take over. Before you know it, you’re feeling sorry for yourself and you turn to your familiar coping mechanism.

Life is messy. Change is hard.

Growing a business is not easy and it feels like everything can go wrong at once. There are always going to be things you can’t and shouldn’t try to control. Create a plan that will help you get on the path to recovery. Make it practical and actionable. Fill up your todo list and calendar with the tasks that lead to results.

That coping mechanism could be food, alcohol, bingewatching TV or any other thing that takes your focus away from what you want to accomplish in your business.

Since you don’t have a boss or company dictating your day and what you accomplish, that

FOCUS ON WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL

time “coping” could turn into weeks of your doing no work at all.

ACKNOWLEDGE, THEN PROCESS YOUR THOUGHTS The only way to get through obstacles is to start with

acknowledging that they’re there. The gateway to your feelings and emotions is your thoughts. What you think about and focus on is what you’ll attract more of into your life.

When you’re dealing with

Lebo Gunguluza: From dirt poor to self-made millionaire LEBO GUNGULUZA IS THE FOUNDER AND GROUP CHAIRMAN AT GEM GROUP, A TURNAROUND STRATEGIST, MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER AND DRAGON ON SA’S DRAGON’S DEN.

“NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A MAN SAYS TO HIMSELF, I HAVE FAILED THREE TIMES, AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HE SAYS, I AM A FAILURE.”

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hen Lebo Gunguluza arrived in Durban in 1990, he had R60 to his

name. At 26 he bootstrapped his first company, Gunguluza Entertainment. “I spent my first million in one year. By the end of 1999, I was flat broke.

My car was repossessed and I was blacklisted.”

But Gunguluza isn’t one to turn away from a goal. Down and out, he would walk to the CNA and stand in a corner reading business books that he couldn’t afford to buy. If the staff chased him away, he’d go home, change his clothes and come back.

“I made up my mind that whatever I went into next, it would be in a space that pays well and has structure.

I would also continuously reinvest in the business, watch my cash flow, and do business only with scrupulous clients who paid on time.”

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ASK FOR HELP, THEN TAKE ACTION

Some obstacles feel like more than you can handle. Seeking counsel and support can be the difference between you getting through it or failing.

Don’t try to be Wonder Woman or Superman. Seek help. One of the best things you can do is make decisions that help you recover. Talking and planning with someone who understands and is trained in dealing with a crisis is valuable.

Then, make decisions that are action-based. If a decision pushes you toward the action that helps your business, make it. One of the best ways to recover from difficult situations is to take massive action. Taking action on the things you can control will give you progress. As you consistently take action, you’ll be closer to your goal before you even realise

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EDUCATION

Soccer School with a difference

Transnet-Football School of Excellence admits over 2000 players since it started.

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he SAFA (South African Football Association)/ Transnet-Football School of Excellence was established in 1994, and had 47 learners enrolled in the first year.

The school identifies talented young football players from rural and underprivileged communities and prepares

them for a professional career on the football field.

Each year, 120 high school boys from across South Africa attend the school where they receive a holistic education that focuses on academic skills, life skills and football development.

Since the academy’s inception, over 2000 players

have been admitted into the school. Players who have what it takes to kick and play their way into the school could soon find their feet playing on local and international soccer pitches, just like their predecessors: Steven Pienaar, Bernard Parker, Daine Klate, Bryce Moon and Masilo Modubi, who are all products of

the school. The Transnet Foundation has made strategic investments in the SAFA/ Transnet FootballSchool of Excellence over the years to strengthen the opportunities provided to the learners to pursue professional sporting careers, which many of them have done with much success.

The School is a haven for youth from disadvantaged communities who are gifted in football. The SAFA/ Transnet Football School of Excellence is registered as the Esselene Park Sport School at the Department of Education EDITORIAL STAFF

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BUSINESS INCENTIVES FOR JOBS

YOUTH TODAY CAN’T GET A JOB WITHOUT EXPERIANCE; A CV AND A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION, SO GOVERNMENT TOLD BUSINESS TO SAY YES!

YES! Youth Employment Service With 5.9 million youth across South Africa bearing the brunt of South Africa’s high unemployment rate, a bold new initiative has been hailed by President Cyril Ramaphosa as one that “is set to change the lives of many young South Africans”. Incentives for business to employ inexperienced youth.

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nitially conceptualised close to 18 months ago as part of the CEO Initiative, a commitment on the part of the business sector to address youth unemployment, the Youth Employment Service (YES) launched on March 27. A partnership between business, government, and labour, YES aims to empower South African youth and blackowned SMMEs by placing the former into the latter, through the assistance of a number of large South African businesses including Investec, Unilever, and Absa.

“This is a timely, worthy and ambitious response to youth unemployment, which is perhaps the greatest and most pressing social and economic challenge facing our country at this moment in our history,” said Ramaphosa at the launch.

“What we are seeking to do, through this and other initiatives, is provide pathways for young people into the world of work.”

(From left to right) David Makhura, premier of Gauteng; Colin Coleman, managing director of Goldman Sachs in South Africa; President Cyril Ramaphosa; Tashmia Ismail-Saville, chief executive of YES; Jabuza Mabuza, co-convenor of the CEO Initiative; Maria Ramos, chief executive of Absa and Stephen Koseff, chief executive of Investec Group, with some of the young people who will benefit from the YES Initiative. Photos: Supplied by GCIS

“OUR EVENTUAL OBJECTIVE IS 330 000 JOBS PER YEAR, WHICH IS A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING THAT REQUIRES THE PARTICIPATION OF YES aims to promote MEDIUM AND SMALL youth employment through COMPANIES.” structural redress. Tashmia Ismail-Saville, chief executive of YES, stresses that the restrictions on young people being able to enter the workforce usually stem from conditions beyond their control.

Apartheid architecture and poverty cycles have resulted in black youth often having limited options when it comes to being able to access employment, particularly if they do not hold any qualifications.

New pathways must be created for young people so they are not restricted when it comes to finding work due to their lack of means, lack of certification or their geographical conditions.

“Low-income communities have huge potential in terms of the people who live there, but they are sometimes completely lost to the community, because they don’t have the structures to build them into jobs, where we can realise that potential,” says Ismail-Saville.

The SMME strategy is saying that the young people empowered

through this initiative don’t have to be “in your building.”

Through the example of young people working in SMMEs empowered by Investec in Sabie, Mpumalanga, who are building the tourism and hospitality industry, SavilleIsmail explains how the strategy works.

“Investec uses its resources to drive development and jobs in places where it’s needed.

These are high-growth sectors such as hospitality, tourism and coding — there’s a move

by YES to be quite strategic at where we direct the jobs and the money, to have as big an impact as possible by tying it into sectors with a lot of potential for future growth.”

Ismail-Saville also emphasises how this is a programme that is aimed at corporates. “We want them to believe they can build those jobs. The last thing we want to do is make more broken promises to young people. We must build the

jobs before we bring the young people in. But we can prepare them in the interim — we can give them work-readiness training, and empower them to make them make their own jobs happen for them.”

Government and large corporates will “canvass, encourage, motivate, and incentivise businesses” in communities to become members of YES, and then open up jobs within those communities. “If they’re blackowned SMMES, we will work on integrating young people into them, and even though they may not be doing the most sophisticated work, they’re watching and absorbing what business dynamics are about.

“We are trying to create these hubs where participants can then do these short courses around things like waitressing or cooking, and then we have an app with resources such as short videos which can help them, and templates with very clear structure for employers, such as reference letters that show your progress, so that when you exit the job you have a set of resources which you never had before,” says IsmailSaville.

YES also places an emphasis on what Ismail-Saville refers to as “de-risking”, highlighting that employers in South

Africa face tough labour laws and so they often avoid risks by not hiring. By having work experience, a CV and a reference letter to attest for them, South African youth are three times more likely to be able to find employment, with the effect being twice as much for women. “There is layer upon layer of challenge for a young person who doesn’t get a pathway to certification.

The one aspect of de-risking is giving the young person the experience which de-risks them, but there’s also the element of de-risking things around creating jobs within the community, and falling out of jobs is then lowered.”

Thina Ralutemba (29) is a YES coach who works in her community of Diepsloot.

Ralutemba is an accounting graduate from the University of Pretoria who became involved in a community initiative run

by Unilever called Siyazekela.

Through Siyazekela, she helps people in her community who run small businesses such as hair salons and spaza shops to regulate their businesses, and assists in the hub, where she coaches basic skills.

Professor Adrian Saville from The Gordon Institute of Business Science says that YES is a means of increasing South Africa’s labour force participation rate, thereby offering an opportunity to attain social prosperity.

“South Africa’s population growth rate is 1.5% per year, productivity growth is 0.5% per year, and labour force participation is falling by 1% per year. This leaves South Africa’s structural growth rate at 1%, which means we’re

falling behind,” he told the Mail & Guardian. Though using this model, YES becomes a means of capitalising on the labour resources that South Africa has at hand.

“At the moment we have 12 companies that are willing to take on between 400 and 3 000 youths per company,” says Colin Coleman, managing director of Goldman Sachs and co-convenor of YES alongside Investec’s Stephen Koseff.

“Our eventual objective is 330 000 jobs per year, which is a massive undertaking that requires [the participation of] medium and small companies, and it’s important that they understand the incentives that are in place and the benefits of taking youth into their businesses; hopefully, this will become a reinforcing process.”

Ismail-Saville says that it is incumbent on South Africans to recognise their community responsibility. “If you’re a person born with privilege in South Africa, it is very difficult to enjoy it when you live in a world with such high inequality,” she told. “If you’re in a position where you can offer someone a chance, then you have to do it. I don’t think you can be a patriotic South African and not think about the future impact that the current rates of youth unemployment will have.”

“This is a timely, worthy and ambitious response to youth unemployment, which is perhaps the greatest and most pressing social and economic challenge facing our country at this moment in our history,” EDITORIAL STAFF @NangamsoSwazi

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BUSINESS - HOW TO

How to become an Uber driver W ith thousands of South Africans trusting Uber to get them around their city safely every day, it can be easy to forget that the company also has a responsibility to thousands of driver-partners who rely on Uber’s service for their livelihoods – safely and flexibly.

As part of an initiative to become more transparent and to assure safety is maintained at all times, Uber has introduced various actions which provide safety to both driver-partners and riders.

“For this reason, Uber is committed to ensuring that the Uber app remains safe for driver-partners and riders to use and it is their goal to make every ride as safe, seamless, and reliable as possible,” the company says.

“As more and more people use the Uber app, it is important that everyone knows what goes on behind the scenes when onboarding driver-partners.”

As part of this initiative Uber has released an infographic and new details as to its onboarding requirements in South Africa:

1. 1. Professional Drivers Permit (PrDP) This is a Professional Driver’s Permit that licenses a Professional Driver to operate legally in South Africa. Uber requires a local, South African, PrDP issued from the Licensing Department.

Driverpartners need to undergo a police clearance to obtain their permit.

2. Operators Card (Double disc) The Operator Card (Double Disc) is obtained from the Licensing Department 3. Commercial Insurance with public liability All driver-partners are required to register for Uber with their commercial vehicle insurance and have public liability insurance. Uber

2.2 Billion loan achieved for women led mining project.

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ape Town - Mining Indaba: In a move that will see the Kalagadi Manganese project realise it’s full potential, a R2.2 billion loan is received from the African Development Bank (AfDB).

The African Development Bank (AfDB) group CEO Haldara Alhassane revealed that the women-led project forms part of their development and upliftment agenda for Africa.

The Stan Nqobizizwe Nkosi sinter plant is currently in the process of being ramped up for full production, ensuring that the raw ore is beneficiated within South Africa before

being sold to the international market. At the press conference held as a sideline to the Mining Indaba, accompanied by the Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu, chairperson Daphne Mashile-Nkosi reiterated her commitment to seeing the smelter built within the Coega Industrial development zone, at the deep-water Ngqura port near Port Elizabeth. Now with the AfDB behind them, the project is set to continue it’s journey into the upliftment of South Africa as a world class manganese producer EDITORIAL STAFF

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also offers rider insurance which is provided by Chubb, a global insurance leader, through their South African subsidiary, Chubb Insurance South Africa Limited.

4. Pass a vehicle inspection (Roadworthy Certificate) All driver-partners must pass a vehicle inspection at an Uber Approved Inspection Centre before taking their first trip and once a year after that. Once a driver-partner passes, they need to upload their readable report to their account and ensure the vehicle registration number matches the vehicle on their Uber profile.

5. 5. Safety Screening All driver-partners have to undergo an AFIS secondary background screening by third-party profession who leads the industry.

6. Driving Evaluation Driver-

partners carry hundreds of passengers a month so it is vital they can safely and professionally transport passengers.

Drivers will need to complete a driving evaluation with an approved agency before using the app.

7. Uber Information Session This involves completing a course at Uber’s Greenlight Hub support centres, which upon passing, the driver-partner will be activated and able to operate on the Uber app.

Driver-partners will also need to attend information sessions, where Uber provides driver-partners with tips on how to give the best customer service to their passengers and explains Uber’s Community Guidelines –

clear standards in place that explain what behavior is- and isn’t appropriatewhen using the app and what can result in a rider or driver losing access to the Uber app.

8. Time to DRIVE Once the driver-partner has completed all these steps, they’re ready to hit the road. Driver-partners who use the Uber app are totally free to choose if, when and where they accept rider requests; they are not forced to work a required number of hours or shifts.

They are their own bosses, with the opportunity to use the Uber app to grow their own business as and when they want.

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SUCCESS STORIES

NTSIKI BIYELA HAS JUST LAUNCHED HER OWN BRAND OF WINE — AND THE WORLD CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF IT

SOUTH AFRICA’S FIRST BLACK WOMAN WINEMAKER SA’s first black woman-owned winery, Aslina, will ship 12,000 bottles to the USA, Germany, Taiwan, and Ghana this year. Owner Ntsiki Biyela wants to increase production by half again to meet rising demand. Competition is tough, but she thinks there is room for everyone.

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tsiki Biyela still remembers the first sale she made. “I’d sold a bottle to a man who actually wrote on the banknote that the money he presented was the beginning of a million more to come my way,” she said.

WHEN I WAS WORKING FOR OR COLLABORATING WITH OTHER BRANDS, I ALWAYS KNEW THAT AT SOME POINT I AM GOING TO HAVE TO START MY OWN COMPANY. Ntsiki Biyela

With a degree in viticulture from Stellenbosch University plus 13 years working for Stellakaya Winery later, her

Winemaker and owner of Aslina Wines, Ntsiki Biyela gestures as she talks about her process at the Koelenhof Winery where she produces her wine. (Pieter Bauermeister, AFP)

Aslina Wines will sell 12,000 bottles in the USA, Germany, Taiwan, and Ghana in 2018.

Next year she hopes to make that 18,000 bottles, she told Business Insider South Africa.

Biyela had a solid business plan plus collateral, but discovered that banks were not too keen to finance a business that gets slapped with a hefty sin tax.

So instead she started her business from her savings, much of it from a partnership with Californian winemaker Mika Bulmash’s Wine For The World, which helps wine exporting countries get into the US market.

VinPro, a non-profit company that represents South African wine producers, cellars, and

industry stakeholders also came through with money that helped her bottle her 2015 chardonnay.

She outsources her operations, but rents a production cellar

and is hands-on with the logistics of transporting barrels from the cellar to the bottling facility EDITORIAL STAFF

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BUSINESS OPORTUNITY

GROWING BARLEY FOR BEER – RESPONSIBLY

Business Support for Local Barley Farmers The South African Breweries (SAB) and World WIldlife Fund SA (WWF-SA) have launched a project to create secure, sustainable supply chains and by helping small-scale farmers increase profitability, production and social development.

Another Summary goes in here just to let the readers know that something else besides the main theme is going on that will present a plot twist.

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he Better Barley, Better Beer initiative aims to empower Barley farmers to make the right decisions to ensure the sustainable production of local barley in South Africa.

SABMiller recently introduced a global sustainable development framework, called Prosper, which highlights tangible targets to be achieved by the company over five years. The Better Barley Better Beer intiative falls inline with this in striving to create a ‘Productive World’.

This is done by supporting responsible, sustainable use of land for brewing crops by creating secure, sustainable supply chains and by helping small-scale farmers increase profitability, production and social development.

Taking stock of the fact that 8% of Land in SA captures 50% of water and 75 % of

the agricultural economy is reliable on this, SABMiller has taken on the responsibility of protecting it. The aim is to get to a place where we only use the excess of natural resources and do not deplete the natural stock of land. Something large scale farming, does not take into consideration.

The multi-faceted programme encompasses not only conservation and sustainable use of natural resources but the economic and social aspects of farming. The guidelines, presented as an audit-type checklist, include not only an agricultural strategy but also the social and environmental dynamics necessary for sustainable agricultural development.

There are three main principles that are driving this intiative, firstly,

THE ECONOMIC PRINCIPLE: The guidelines for economic sustainability are aimed at reducing the cost and risk of doing business and improving crop production. Using key metrics, farmers will be able to track improvement and progress over time to support the development of a business case for sustainable production.

Through Better Barley, Better Beer and other sustainable agriculture initiatives, SAB intends to source more than 90% of its barley requirements from local producers. These initiatives include the construction of a SAB Maltings plant in Johannesburg and its Go Farming programme, which is geared at establishing and supporting emerging farmers.

This enables SAB to hedge against volatile global commodity markets, keep tighter control of quality and ensure a sustainable barley growing sector. But, as the local barley industry grows to supply SAB’s growing demand for malting barley, this supply has to be reliable and come at as low an environmental footprint as possible.

THE SOCIAL PRICIPLE: To promote the mainstreaming of biodiversity considerations and ecosystem services into the agricultural industry while recognising the legal rights of farm workers, land tenants, safety and health requirements, and the basic conditions of service. Also that product hygiene practices are in place, and there is no evidence of cruelty to animals by landowners and

SAB INTENDS TO SOURCE MORE THAN 90% OF ITS BARLEY REQUIREMENTS FROM LOCAL PRODUCERS.

employees.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PRINCIPLE: Natural resources and biodiversity are conserved, critical ecosystems and ecological processes are maintained and agricultural resources are sustainable used. The multi-faceted programme encompasses not only conservation and sustainable use of natural resources but the economic and social aspects of farming.

According to WWF-SA’s senior manager for sustainable agriculture, Inge Kotze, her organisation’s interest in the initiative is to support farmers as key custodians of the South African natural resource base.

SAVING WATER! The sustainability of the Barley industry and producers depends on the availability of suitable water for irrigation.

The work done on reducing the water footprint of barley, and the beer water footprint, is showing major promise against the current baseline.

SAB was one of the first companies to undertake a detailed water footprinting study. This revealed that more than 90% of water used across the value chain of a beer rests in the agricultural supply chain.

As a result of the study, SAB is working closely with barley farmers in the irrigation areas, through the Better Barley, Better Beer initiative, to reduce water use and optimise irrigation efficiency. Parallel research is also being undertaken by the University of the Free State via a three-year project to determine a crop irrigation factor for barley and develop a computerised irrigation strategy exclusively for barley.

The ultimate aim is to optimise the irrigation of barley by reducing the water used to grow barley while complimenting the quality and yield. Farmers involved in the Better Barley, Better Beer pilot phase in the irrigation areas managed to significantly reduce irrigation and gain better yields.

The next phase of the Better Barley, Better Beer pilot will be the roll-out of specific guidelines to small-scale and emerging farmers in the Taung area.

These will be tailored to focus on training farmers rather than auditing them Phone Gerhard Greeff, SAB agricultural services manager, on 028 214 3218 or email him at Gerhard.Greeff@za.sabmiller.

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atamela Cyril R a m ap h o s a was born on 17 November 1952 in Johannesburg. His family was moved from Western Native Township to Soweto in 1962, where he attended Tshilidzi Primary School. He completed high school at Mphaphuli High School in Sibasa, Venda in 1971.

He registered to study law at the University of the North in 1972, where he became involved in student politics, joining the South African Student Organisation (SASO) and the Black People’s Convention (BPC). He was detained in solitary confinement for 11 months in 1974 under Section 6 of the Terrorism Act for organising pro-Frelimo rallies.

He was detained for the second time and held for six months in 1976 following the Soweto student uprising.

While a law clerk for a Johannesburg firm of attorneys, he continued his studies through the University of South Africa (UNISA) obtaining his B. Proc degree in 1981. He then joined the Council of Unions of South Africa (CUSA) as a legal advisor.

In 1982, at the request of the Council of Unions of South Africa (CUSA) he founded the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) with James Motlatsi and Elijah Barayi, and became the union’s first General Secretary. He was instrumental in building NUM into the most powerful union at the time, with membership rising from 6 000 to 300 000 during his tenure.

He led mineworkers in one of

the biggest strikes in South Africa’s history in 1987.

As NUM General Secretary he was instrumental in the establishment of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), and played a prominent role in the Mass Democratic Movement (MDM) when COSATU joined forces with the United Democratic Front (UDF) against the apartheid government. He went into hiding in July 1986 after the declaration of a state of emergency.

HE BECAME HEAD OF THE ANC’S NEGOTIATION TEAM AT THE CONVENTION FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOUTH AFRICA (CODESA) AND THE SUBSEQUENT MULTIPARTY TALKS. He was later appointed chairperson of the Reception Committee to receive Rivoniatrialists and in January 1990 accompanied released ANC political prisoners to Lusaka, Zambia. He served as chairperson of the National Reception Committee, which coordinated arrangements for the release of Nelson Mandela and subsequent welcome rallies within South Africa.

Following the unbanning of the ANC, in 1991 he was elected ANC Secretary General at its first national conference in over 30 years. He became head of the ANC’s negotiation team at the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) and the subsequent multi-party talks.

Following South Africa’s first democratic elections on 27 April 1994, he became a Member of Parliament and was elected as Chairperson of the Constitutional Assembly.

In that position, he was responsible for overseeing the drafting of South Africa’s internationally acclaimed first democratic Constitution. In 2009, this contribution was recognised with the award of the National Order of the Baobab in Silver.

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Constitution drafting process, he left Parliament and his position as ANC Secretary General to move into business, joining New Africa Investments Limited. In 2001, he established Shanduka Group as a black-owned investment holding company, building up a diverse portfolio of listed and unlisted assets.

In 2004, he established the Shanduka Foundation, focusing on education and small business development.

The Foundation, which has since changed its name to Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation, comprises Adopt-a-School Foundation, Black Umbrellas and the Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust. He is cochairperson of the Advisory Board of the KagisoShanduka Trust, which is in partnership with the Free State Department of Education on a programme to develop schools in the province.

Cyril Ramaphosa and Nelson Mandela, shortly after Mandela’s release from prison in February 1990. The photo appeared in Beeld on February 16 1990.

He gained a wide range of business experience serving on the boards of some of Shanduka’s investee companies and other companies. He was a member of the United Nations Global Leadership Group that advised the Secretary General’s Special Representative on Business and Human Rights.

He has received several awards. He was awarded the Olof Palme prize in October 1987 in Stockholm. In October 1991 he was a visiting Professor of Law at Stanford University in the United States.

Over Two decades ago, on this day, Nelson Mandela signed the country’s Constitution into law.

University of Mpumalanga.

He was the first Deputy Chairman of the Commonwealth Business Council.

He was Vice Chairman of the Global Business Coalition on HIV/ AIDS.

IN 2004, HE ESTABLISHED THE SHANDUKA FOUNDATION, FOCUSING ON EDUCATION AND SMALL BUSINESS Mr Ramaphosa was appointed, along with former Finnish DEVELOPMENT. He has received honorary doctorates from the University of Natal, the University of Port Elizabeth, the University of Cape Town, the University of the North, the University of Lesotho, the University of Venda and the University of Massachusetts (USA). He is currently the Chancellor of the

President MaartiAhtisaari, as a weapons inspector in Northern Ireland. He also sat on the International Commission of Intervention and State Sovereignty and the UN Secretary General’s Panel on International Support to NEPAD. He was appointed Deputy Chairperson of the National Planning Commission in 2010,

a body created to draft a longterm national development plan for South Africa. In December 2012, he was elected ANC Deputy President at the ANC’s 53rd National Conference in Mangaung.

He was appointed Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa on 25 May 2014.

In December 2017, he was elected 13th ANC President at the 54th National Conference in Johannesburg. President Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in as President of the Republic of South Africa on Thursday 15 February 2018 following the resignation of President Jacob Zuma EDITORIAL STAFF

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