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Nuru Youth Collectiv

Vision: Alleviating Unemployment - Empowering Youth with Skills for a Thriving Future. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

Vision: Alleviating Unemployment - Empowering Youth with Skills for a Thriving Future. 💯

📍Skills Development
📍Entrepreneurship
📍Innovation
📍Advocacy
📍Mentorship Nuru Youth Collectiv is a dedicated and passionate nonprofit organization committed to youth empowerment and alleviating unemployment among young people in South Africa

Ethos: "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Our mission is

to equip and inspire the youth with the necessary skills and support to become successful entrepreneurs and embrace opportunities in the digital transformation era

Through our school interventions, we work closely with learners in both secondary and high schools, providing comprehensive training in entrepreneurship and digital transformation. Recognizing that early intervention is key, we empower young students with skills and knowledge that go beyond the traditional curriculum, cultivating innovation, creativity, and an entrepreneurial mindset from a young age

For those young individuals leaving school, we offer targeted training programs that prepare them for the ever-evolving job market. By equipping them with digital skills and exposing them to the potential of entrepreneurial ventures, we empower them to navigate the dynamic economic landscape and create their own opportunities

Mentorship and coaching play a vital role in our organization. We believe in the power of guidance and support, and thus offer one-on-one mentoring and coaching to each of our participants. Our experienced mentors provide invaluable insights, advice, and encouragement, guiding young individuals in their personal and professional development

Our Core Objectives:
1. Skills Development
2. Entrepreneurial Support
3. Community Engagement
4. Advocacy and Awareness

Our Initiatives
1. Innovate to Lead Workshops
2. Nuru Start-up Challenge
3. Digital Resource Library App
4. Nuru Mentorship Program
5. Siyakhuluma - Let’s talk conversations series
6. Annual Leadership Youth Camp
7. Annual Youth Leadership Hike
8. Nuru Youth Gazette

Partner with us:
Email: [email protected]

16/06/2026

𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿. 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁.🕊️💛

Fifty years since the Soweto Uprising. And today, youth unemployment in South Africa still sits above 60% for young people aged 15–24. Fifty years on.

Nuru Youth Collectiv is not here to only observe. We are here to move.

📍 Friday 17 July — the eve of Mandela Day
📍 Mafori Mphahlele High School, Molapo, Soweto

Nuru is hosting a Career & Giveback Day at the school where our Founder began her own journey. Professional speakers. Sanitary products. Stationery. Goodie bags. Food. And a message to every learner in that room: where you start is not where you have to end.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽:
🎤 Volunteer to speak on the day
🩹 Donate sanitary products
📚 Donate stationery
💛 Give via BackaBuddy — link in bio!

https://www.backabuddy.co.za/campaign/mandela-day-career-giveback-day-in-soweto

Share this. Tag someone who should be in the room. Let’s make this reach who it needs to reach. 🙏🏾

Nyda Rsa
GiveBack

12/06/2026

South Africa’s youth unemployment rate remains among the highest in the world.

More than 60% of young people between the ages of 15 and 24 are not employed, not in education, and not in training.

This is not a skills crisis alone. It is a structural crisis. A systemic failure to create the enabling environments, the pathways, and the investment in young people that would allow their potential to convert into contribution.

Nuru Youth Collectiv exists at the intersection of this reality.

We do not accept youth unemployment as inevitable. We work every day — through programmes, mentorship, advocacy, and partnerships — to build the bridges between young people and the opportunities they deserve.

But we also advocate loudly for the policy, investment, and institutional change that only those with decision-making power can provide.

Young people are not a problem to be managed. They are a resource to be developed. And Africa’s future depends on how well we do that work today.

If your organisation is looking to partner with Nuru in this work — we are ready for that conversation.

📧 [email protected]

AfricaYouth PolicyAdvocacy

08/06/2026

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 - long after they have happened.

Nuru Youth Collectiv’s Founder and President, Lerato Phelane CA(SA), a few months ago, had the privilege of meeting Rebeca Grynspan — one of the most consequential voices in global multilateralism today.

is currently one of the candidates in the race for Secretary-General — a race that has drawn significant attention globally, not least because of the long-overdue conversation about gender representation at the highest levels of the UN system.

She brings to that candidacy a remarkable track record: as Secretary-General of , as former Vice President of Costa Rica, and as a consistent, principled advocate for the Global South, for trade equity, and for development frameworks that centre the world’s most vulnerable populations.

For Nuru, this encounter carries a significance that goes beyond the photograph.

It is a reminder of why Nuru exists.

We build young leaders today so that the next generation of Africans does not merely observe global conversations — they lead them. So that the rooms where decisions are made about the future of humanity include African voices, African perspectives, and African solutions.

The 2026 UN Secretary-General selection is drawing significant attention to the question of gender representation — and if elected, Rebeca Grynspan could become the first woman to serve as United Nations Secretary-General in the organisation’s 80-year history.

That would be historic.

And it would send a powerful signal to every young woman on this continent who has been told that the highest rooms are not for her.

Nuru believes they are.

We congratulate Madame Rebeca Grynspan on her candidacy and we will be watching this process with great interest and hope.

🌍 www.lifechanginglerato.com/nuru-youth-collectiv

30/03/2026

We are proud to announce Lerato Phelane as a nominee at the GoGetters’ Excellence Awards 2026, for the Global Leadership & Influence category. 🇿🇦

Lerato Phelane is a distinguished Chartered Accountant CA(SA), transformational leader and governance expert whose work sits at the intersection of financial excellence, public accountability and social impact. With over a decade of experience across multiple sectors, she has built a reputation for driving institutional governance, strategic leadership and systemic change within both public and private organisations. Currently serving as the Chairperson of the Audit Committee for the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS), Lerato provides high-level oversight on risk management, compliance and governance for the South African state. Her leadership extends across various influential boards, including roles within Citizen Leader Lab, Netcare Medical Aid Scheme and the Global Centre for Risk & Innovation, where she contributes to strengthening systems, accountability and sustainable development across Africa.

A passionate advocate for youth empowerment, Lerato is also the Founder and President of the Nuru Youth Collective, an initiative aimed at bridging the digital and entrepreneurial divide for 100,000 African youth by 2030. Through this work, she is building ecosystems that equip young people with the tools, mentorship and opportunities needed to shape their futures and drive meaningful change.

Beyond consulting, Lerato is deeply committed to mentorship, serving as a bridge across generations through her work with organisations such as SAICA, IWFSA and Young Leaders Connect (YLC-IDEAL). Recognised as a SAICA Top 35 under 35 finalist and a Gender Mainstreaming Awards Positive Role Model, Lerato continues to inspire through both her professional excellence and personal story. As the author of Rising Above Circumstances, she shares a message of resilience and possibility, affirming that one’s origins do not define their destination.

Excellence deserves to be seen, honoured and celebrated globally! ✨

09/01/2026

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20/11/2025

𝐷𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝐻𝑜𝑝𝑒 💫

𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀. 🎯

𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 – 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲! 💯

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