This week on Asikhulume /lets talk, we unpack how zoning laws, housing projects, and public transport infrastructure can unlock youth employment and business opportunities. Ngemuva kwamashumi amathathu eminyaka kusukela ngo-1994, umoya wobandlululo ngokwezindawo usabusa emadolobheni ethu. Millions of young South Africans remain stranded on the economic periphery, spending up to half their potential income just on minibus fares to look for work. Sibuza ukuthi njengoba intsha intula imisebenzi kangaka enye yayo yaze yabona kuncono ukuthi isungule amabhizinisi sibuza lentsha ukuthi ingabe inelisekile ngosizo eluthola komasipala sibala izimvume zokuqhuba amabhizinisi, ukwesekwa ngamanzi, ugesi, izinsiza zokuthuthwa kwendle kanye nokususwa kukadoti nokudingekayo ukuze kuqhutshekwe ibhizinisi kanye nezindawo ezibekelwe ukuhweba, izikhungo zokweseka nokukhulisa amabhizinisi endawo nokunye? #SpatialPlanning #YouthUnemployment

Do voters fully understand the South African voting process, and how their participation can shape local government, influence the decisions that affect their daily lives, and ultimately influence service delivery in their communities?

Kuleliviki kuAsikhulume/Let'sTalk: Njengoba iNingizimu Afrika ibhekene nenkinga yokukhulelwa kwentsha okuphezulu kanye nokwanda kokuthembela kuhulumeni, uMnyango Wezempilo ungakuthethelela kanjani ukuvumela imitholampilo yomphakathi iphelelwe yizindlela zokuvimbela inzalo?

Ngonyaka ka 2024 owayengunqonqoshe womnyango wezobulungiswa nokuthuthukiswa komthethosisekelo, uThembisile Simelane, wasayina isivumelwano nenhlangano ezimele i-Social Justice Foundation kanye ne-Consumer Profile Bureau, ngenhloso yokuthi umzali ongakhokhi isondlo afakwe emabhukwini amanyama. Njengoba kuyinyanga yabesifazane kanti kuyibo abaningi abagcwele kulezizinkantolo sibheka ukusebenza kwalezizinkantolo nokuthi loluhlelo olwamenyezelwa ngo 2024 luyawenza yini umehluko ezimpilweni zezingane nakubazali abahlala nazo? Sikhuluma no Kamogelo Lekubu-Wilderson, osuka the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, kanye no Felicity Guest, osuka Child Maintenance Difficulties SA.

Kuyanda ukungajabuli ngohlelo lwezinkantolo abesifazane abayizisulu zodlame lobulili.Bakhala ngokuthi iphepha abalithola ezinkantolo ngemuva kokubika ukuhlukunyezwa abalingani babo alibavikeli, bheka nje ngoba abaningi ukuhlukunyezwa kuyaqhubeka abanye baze babulawe bephethe leliphepha phecelezi i protection order.Njengoba sigubha inyanga yabesifazane sibuza ukuthi, yini okufanele yenziwe kanye naleliphepha ukuze kuiqinisekise ukuphepha kwezisulu? Kungabe izinkantolo, amaphoyisa kanye nomnyango weSocial Development benza ngokwanele ukukuqinisekisa ukuphepha kwezisulu?

South Africa continues to face high levels of youth unemployment, food insecurity, poverty and inequality. While agriculture has traditionally been viewed as a male-dominated industry, a growing number of young women are entering the sector as farmers, agripreneurs, livestock producers and agro-processors. These women are proving that farming is not only a means of feeding communities but also a viable business capable of creating employment and stimulating local economies.