11 Aug 2010 - South Africa has an abundance of empowered and informed women who are making their mark in various industries. However, the opposite side of the coin is that there are young women who do not allow themselves to dream big because they believe that they are inferior to the opposite sex.

As the world comes together to celebrate the 92nd birthday of former President Nelson Mandela on 18 July 2010, the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) will join the Ministry of Higher Education and Training during the launch of their career guidance programme in Giyani Limpopo. This is part of marking the 67 minutes campaign dedicated to this world icon. The United Nations General Assembly declared 18 July as Nelson Mandela International Day in recognition of the former President’s work and struggle for human rights and freedom.

12 JULY 2010 - The World Cup may be over and Spain may have taken the prize as the world’s number one but the real winner is every South African that showed patriotism for their country.

The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) is proud to have played a role during the preparations to the world’s biggest football spectacular – from the hosting of the Confederations Cup in June last year to the successful World Cup South Africa 2010.

14 July 2010 - The establishment of the Rural Development and Land Affairs Department has reinforced government’s commitment to improving the lives of rural based South Africans. Today, the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) in collaboration with the Mtubatuba Municipality will launch the Mtubatuba Poultry Project, which is specifically targeted at rural and peri-urban based young South Africans.

The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) welcomes the decision of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to clear South Africa’s South African 800m world champion, Caster Semenya to compete as a woman. “At no point was the NYDA ever doubtful that Caster would be cleared and as such we celebrate without reservations her come back to the race track to rightfully compete amongst other female athletes,” says NYDA Chairperson Andile Lungisa. Lungisa says as a young woman Caster has displayed a resilient character befitting of a sports champion throughout the ordeal. “However no human being should ever have to undergo such humiliation,” he adds.

Ten South Africans aged between 18 and 35 years have the opportunity to win bursaries if their inventions impress the judges appointed by Lidonga Technology for the Lidonga Foundation.

Announcing the awards, Executive Chairman Connie Nkosi says the main criteria will be that the inventions have commercial worth. “We are looking for technical innovation of interest to the corporate sector.”

16 June 2010 marks the 34^th anniversary of the Soweto and related Uprisings of 1976. This year’s commemoration especially takes place within the context of the first anniversary of the establishment of the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA), a South African agency responsible for coordinating youth development across spheres of government and the private sector.

Youth day speech by Andile Lungisa on 16 June 2010

A call goes out to NYDA staff to join youth volunteers and the community of Ivory Park during the construction of the 76 houses in ward 78 and 79 in Ivory Park. Volunteers who are willing to participate can forward their names to Mpho Nche or Oupa Tshabalala and must ndicate on which day they are available to volunteer.