Housing shortages in South Africa: a discussion of the after-effects of community participation in housing provision in Diepkloof
by MAFUKIDZE, J & HOOSEN, F., 2009Urban Forum (2009) 20:379
Community participation is a complex process and its propensity to having unintended negative effects plays a vital role in its outcome. This paper attempts to reconstruct and critique the outcomes of a participatory process that seeks to address housing shortages by using the narratives of local residents in Diepkloof. Heterogeneity of identities tied to “spatiality…
read more >>Social security for young people amidst high poverty and unemployment: some policy options for South Africa
by ALTMAN,M., MOKOMANE,Z., WRIGHT,G, 2014Development Southern Africa,2014, Vol. 31:2, 347-362
South African youth experience extremely high levels of unemployment and poverty. Currently there is no social assistance for low-income young adults in South Africa unless they are disabled. Interventions are needed that can achieve widespread poverty alleviation, as well as help facilitate economic participation to improve lifelong earnings. In this article, six examples of social…
read more >>Social Grant for Youth – some policy options: Framework On Social Security For Youth In South Africa
by ALTMAN,M., MOKOMANE,Z., WRIGHT,G. & BOYCE,G., 2012Human Sciences Research Council report submitted to National Department of Social Development March 2012
South African youth experience extremely high levels of unemployment and poverty. Currently there is no social assistance for low-income young adults, unless they are disabled. Interventions are needed that can achieve widespread poverty alleviation, as well as facilitate economic participation to improve lifelong earnings. Altman et al. consider six examples of social security policy options,…
read more >>The state of youth: Trends in education attainment
by SHEPPARD, C, 2009Research Report. Centre for Poverty Employment and Growth, Human Sciences Research Council
Sheppard provides an overview of the education attainment of the youth in South Africa. He focuses on the 18–24 and 25–35 age cohorts, but also briefly reviews trends in the participation of younger age groups in primary and secondary education, given the impact of their participation rate and education attainment on the youth. The paper…
read more >>The state of youth: Is the health status of youth improving?
by CHIMERE-DAN, G. & MAKIWANE, M, 2010Research Report. Human Science Research Council
This paper examines the health status of South African youth in the past 15 years, using available quantitative data. Specific areas of interest include youth disability, substance abuse, sexual and reproductive behaviour, and HIV and AIDS. The paper also assesses the pattern of health status implied in official statistics on mortality among the youth. The…
read more >>Social grants to promote youth employment: some policy options
by ALTMAN,M., MOKOMANE, Z., G WRIGHT, 2014Development Southern Africa. Vol. 31, No. 2, 347–362. 2014.
South African youth experience extremely high levels of unemployment and poverty. Currently there is no social assistance for low-income young adults in South Africa unless they are disabled. Interventions are needed that can achieve widespread poverty alleviation, as well as help facilitate economic participation to improve lifelong earnings. In this article, six examples of social…
read more >>Employment Experiences of Graduates
by MOLEKE, P., 2003Research report, Employment and Economic Policy Research, Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria.
Moleke assesses the inequities in higher education and their consequences in the labour market for people with higher education. The inequalities in the type and source of human capital acquired are often overlooked, and it is argued here that they perpetuate inequalities observed in the labour market. Inequities in acquired human capital eventually influence educational…
read more >>Meeting Equity Targets: Are There Enough Graduates
by ALTMAN, M & LEE, D., 2004Research Report, Employment Growth & Development Initiative, Human Sciences Research Council
Several sectors have expressed concern that the higher education sector may not be offering a sufficient supply of black graduates to enable them to reach equity targets. Altman and Lee offer baseline data to identify the possible pool of learners and graduates from previously disadvantaged groups from which industry might source its employees. Their brief…
read more >>Education & Youth Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa
by ALTMAN, M., 2013Presentation to the AERC senior policy seminar on youth unemployment. Serena Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda March 21, 2013
Altman provides a broad overview of youth employment and education in sub-Saharan Africa. She compares the region to the rest of the world in terms of education status, and provides information on issues such as educational performance, the return to education, and gender gaps. This is a presentation to an AERC conference.
read more >>