If a commitment to youth-led initiative is to be taken seriously, it is imperative to include youth in decision making on where to direct investment, how to design curricula for skills training, which job markets to prioritise, including those that may not yet exist.

For the first time in several years, electricity did not dominate the president’s address

The president said the South African National Defence Force would be deployed to support police in tackling gang violence and illegal mining

The Universal Basic Income Coalition said the government’s proposals to link the grant to employment-related conditions could exclude eligible beneficiaries

The country’s ports and rail systems are shambolic, but GNU and a pause in load-shedding have elicited some optimism