Event:Cape Chapter: Radical Collaboration to Deliver Future TalentDescription: | South Africa needs talent to drive economic growth, fill institutional voids, and create jobs. With 7.3 million unemployed young South Africans under the age of 35, we have the people and capacity to contribute to our socio-economic growth – they just need skills, training and experience. We urgently need to find and forge new ways for business and government to work together to upskill and create the talent needed. |
Today, South Africa has the highest youth unemployment statistics in the world. These are driven, passionate young people with so much potential and who are hungry to work. But they are locked out of the economy and employment ladder. Furthermore, we have a skills / demand mismatch. It is critical that businesses, government, and the society at large come together with solutions for this national crisis. Finding ways to resolve South Africa’s talent crisis will contribute to combatting the knock-on impacts that unemployment causes, such as a decrease in social mobility, generational poverty, and lawlessness which continue to affect communities, deplete government resources, and erode taxpayers’ money. Business needs to provide impact investment as part of their own KPIs and to deliver on investor expectations. The discussion will be facilitated by René Stegmann. Panellists Andrew Donaldson Andrew Donaldson is an economist and senior research associate of the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit at the University of Cape Town. He has worked in the Treasury and was the inaugural head of the Government Technical Advisory Centre. His current work is focused on growth, employment policy and social security reform Leanne Emery Hunter Chief Marketing and Client officer for YES, Youth Employment Services, an NPO that works with business to deploy scalable employment solutions for the young talent of South Africa. In 3.5 years, YES has placed 82 000 young South Africans in work. Imtiaz Sooliman A KZN Medical doctor who has moved into humanitarian aid to transcend borders, race, class and religion, to bring medical services to those in need and alleviate the physical and emotional suffering. He was worked in places like Bosnia, Haiti and today, for over a decade has focused on KZN in delivering a real difference to those in most need. Date: |
10:00am to 11:00am, Thu 8th Sep 2022 | Venue: |
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