Tag: Tshego Bokaba
Young women shouldn’t have to figure out money alone
We expect young women to make major money decisions from their first salary, yet many are never taught how. Building financial confidence has to start long before the first payslip arrives. After a month of grafting – and what seems like a lifetime of waiting – your first salary finally hits your bank account. Of course, everyone from your bestie to your gogo has an opinion on what you should do.
The real employment challenge is alignment, not job creation
We know where the jobs are, and we know our young people are eager to work. So why aren’t we connecting the dots? South Africa has 200,000 agricultural jobs waiting to be filled. We also have a thriving Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector. This sector includes call centres, customer service, data processing and back-office administration. It can absorb entry-level workers at scale.
Laser-focused job creation could transform the country
Two remarkable economic turnarounds demonstrate what becomes possible when countries support the right sectors, develop relevant skills and strengthen cooperation between government and business. We exist to create genuine and lasting economic opportunities for young South Africans. We constantly evaluate where we invest, what we support and why those decisions matter.
Side effects of volunteering that will make you better at what...
Make no mistake: it is a wonderful thing to do a good deed purely for the sake of helping someone else – this is altruism at its best. But, if that same good deed that helps another inadvertently benefits you in some way, then surely that’s even better?
