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Announcement: Appointment of implementation partners

The Jobs Boost Outcomes Fund, an innovative new approach to tackling youth unemployment, is pleased to announce the finalisation of implementation partners for the project. Following a rigorous selection process that began with over 100 organisations that submitted an expression of interest, 12 partners have been selected as grant recipients in terms of the R300m…

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Listen: R300 million allocated to youth training that results in jobs

Krutham’s program director Riyaadh Ebrahim spoke to Noluthando Mthonti-Mlambo on Power FM about the Jobs Boost Outcomes Fund. Listen to the full clip below.

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Jobs Boost Outcomes Fund launched: R300 million allocated to youth training that results in jobs

Johannesburg, South Africa – 20 November 2023 – The latest Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey, showed that nearly six million young people are unemployed, representing 43.37% of young people in the labour force and one of the highest rates in the world. A new initiative has been launched to tackle this chronic problem; Jobs…

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JobsBoost

Implemented by:

Krutham

Outcomes funder:

Department of Higher Education and Training South AfricaNational Skills Fund South Africa

Part of:

Presidential Youth Employment Intervention