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Women, Work & the Money That Walked Away. 💛So much of this country runs on work done by women — the classrooms, the earl...
21/08/2026

Women, Work & the Money That Walked Away. 💛

So much of this country runs on work done by women — the classrooms, the early learning centres, the community programmes, the care that holds it all together. It's also the first thing our budgets cut.

This Women's Month, join us for a conversation about care work, public employment, and what South Africa chooses to fund.

🗓️ Monday 31 August
⏰ 13:00–14:15
💻 Live on Zoom. Register 👉 https://bit.ly/womandlawebinar

09/08/2026

Seventy years ago, more than 20 000 women marched to the Union Buildings and stood in silence for half an hour.

Wathint' abafazi, wathint' imbokodo. You strike a woman, you strike a rock.

Today, look at what women hold up. The classrooms, the clinics, the spaza shops, the farms, the homes. We run this economy and we run our homes.

To every woman studying, working, building, hustling, and holding a family together and calling it nothing: we see you.

Happy Women's Day. 🖤💛

07/08/2026

We were at the AGOFF Jamboree and asked young people a straightforward question: what support do you actually need to work for yourself?

Their answers pointed to the same places. Funding to turn ideas into action. Mentorship from entrepreneurs who have done it before. Space to destigmatise entrepreneurship so more young people feel able to start. And government that identifies key areas, commits real resources, and moves with a clear plan and political will.

Young people are ready. What they need is a system that backs them with intent.

Thank you to the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation and its Fellowship for helping create spaces like this one.

Watch what they had to say 👇

04/08/2026

We asked young people one question at the State of the Youth Address: what is the state of the youth?

The answers came back layered. "Incredibly hopeful." "Restless, relentless and change-making." "Precarious right now, but it's always been unstable, just in different ways."

Hope and hard truth in the same breath. That is the generation South Africa keeps underestimating.

Made with Citizen Code, alongside change-makers like Women For Change 🎤

31/07/2026

We pulled up to the AGOFF Jamboree and asked young people a simple question: what makes it so hard to work for yourself?

The answers were honest. Too many ideas and no way to know which to back. Sorting out your CIPC registration and business profile with no one to guide you. And again and again, the same wall: without capital, you can't start.

Young people are showing up. The gaps they're naming are structural, and they can be closed with real support.

Thank you to the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation and its Fellowship for backing young entrepreneurs like these.

Watch what they had to say 👇

18/07/2026

This Mandela Day, we're not asking for 67 minutes. Just 67 seconds.

Public employment programmes have put 1.3 million young South Africans into work — earning an income, gaining experience, supporting classrooms and putting money back into their own communities. Then the government cut the budget.

One signature takes a minute. Together, our voices can create thousands of opportunities.
👉 bit.ly/peps4youthfb

15/07/2026

We're hiring a Communications Lead. 🎙️

At Youth Capital, comms isn't the finish line; it's how we shift how South Africa understands youth unemployment, and how the lived realities of young people reach the rooms where budgets and policies are decided.

We're looking for someone who can turn complex policy and real experience into stories that move people to act, lead a small team, and grow our national voice. If you want your work to leave no unemployed young person behind, this one's for you.

📍 Claremont, Cape Town
📄 Indefinite term contract
🗓️ Apply by 18 July 2026 — closing this week
📩 Send your application: https://loom.ly/GZMOwOg

Watch Buhle break down exactly what we're looking for 👆

📸✨ Last month we joined Youth Connect 2026 at the UJ Freedom Park Campus, where young people came together to explore op...
08/07/2026

📸✨ Last month we joined Youth Connect 2026 at the UJ Freedom Park Campus, where young people came together to explore opportunities, ask questions, make connections, and imagine what’s possible for their futures.

From conversations about education and employment to networking and skills development, the day was a reminder that young people don’t just need inspiration, they need access, support, and real opportunities.

A big thank you to Phakamani Young Minds Academy - PYMA for creating a space that brought youth, organisations, and partners together around youth development.

We’re always glad to be part of conversations that move beyond “potential” and focus on what young people need to thrive right now. 💛🖤

The teachers' assistants programme works. 1.3 million jobs. Almost every public school in the country. In 2025, 1.65 mil...
07/07/2026

The teachers' assistants programme works. 1.3 million jobs. Almost every public school in the country. In 2025, 1.65 million young people applied for 200,000 posts, more than 1 in 4 unemployed youth nationwide.

The government is our Jonasi: big promises on every stage, nothing where it counts. And it's young people who carry the cost.

Fund it. Make it permanent.

Sign the petition — https://bit.ly/peps4youthfb

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