Govt urges all South Africans to rally behind its efforts to curb youth unemployment
Pretoria – With the country celebrating Youth Day next month, Cabinet has urged the South African nation to rally behind government’s efforts to find cost effective solutions to deal with the scourge of youth unemployment. President Jacob Zuma is expected to officiate the Youth Day celebrations on 16 June in the Eastern Cape. Briefing media [...]
Department to hire 10 000 child care workers to help orphans under four-and-a-half years
Cape Town – The Department of Social Development is looking to recruit 10 000 service providers over the next three years to help care for orphans, the Minister of Social Development Bathabile Dlamini. Speaking to BuaNews, Dlamini said the child and youth care workers would care for those orphans up to age four- and-a-half years, pointing [...]
Children in Mali suffering from triple disaster, warns UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is warning of grave violations of child rights in northern Mali, where they are confronted not just by the food crisis in the wider Sahel region but also by displacement and the effect of an armed rebellion. “Children in northern Mali are no longer on the brink of disaster. [...]
One year left to meet employment target for disabled
Pretoria – The Department for Women, Children and People with Disabilities has given private and public institutions one more year to meet the two percent employment target for people with disabilities. Minister Lulu Xingwana said the department remained impatient with the failure by both private and public institutions in meeting the two percent employment target, [...]
PCV 13 vaccine campaign
The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality is currently running a vaccination campaign, where children under five years of age are being administered with a catch-up dose of the new Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV 13). The campaign started on 1 February and will be running until 31 May 2012. The vaccine is meant to protect children and their [...]
National dialogue aimed at youth is launched on Mxit
Pretoria – The National Planning Commission (NPC) has launched a national dialogue aimed at the youth on the social media platform Mxit. The dialogue aims to reach a massive youth audience that does not have easy access to computers and the internet. “It is time for young people as the new generation to take over [...]
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Govt urges all South Africans to rally behind its efforts to curb youth unemployment
Pretoria – With the country celebrating Youth Day next month, Cabinet has urged the South African nation to rally behind government’s efforts to find cost effective solutions to deal with the scourge of youth unemployment. President Jacob Zuma is expected to officiate the Youth Day celebrations on 16 June in the Eastern Cape. Briefing media [...]
Department to hire 10 000 child care workers to help orphans under four-and-a-half years
Cape Town – The Department of Social Development is looking to recruit 10 000 service providers over the next three years to help care for orphans, the Minister of Social Development Bathabile Dlamini. Speaking to BuaNews, Dlamini said the child and youth care workers would care for those orphans up to age four- and-a-half years, pointing [...]
Children in Mali suffering from triple disaster, warns UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is warning of grave violations of child rights in northern Mali, where they are confronted not just by the food crisis in the wider Sahel region but also by displacement and the effect of an armed rebellion. “Children in northern Mali are no longer on the brink of disaster. [...]
One year left to meet employment target for disabled
Pretoria – The Department for Women, Children and People with Disabilities has given private and public institutions one more year to meet the two percent employment target for people with disabilities. Minister Lulu Xingwana said the department remained impatient with the failure by both private and public institutions in meeting the two percent employment target, [...]
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