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The Social Employment Fund (SEF), a key component of the Presidential Employment Stimulus (PES) Initiatives and funded by the IDC, plays a vital role in scaling Seriti’s agricultural programme and local Multifunctional Agri-nodes (MFAN) through our Work.Learn.Grow initiative.

The Just Energy Transition (JET) project, led by the Seriti Institute and supported by the UNDP, aimed to gather and analyse community responses from coal mining towns across South Africa. The project’s goal is to ensure an inclusive and participatory transition towards sustainable energy, reflecting the voices and concerns of those most affected by the shift from coal to greener alternatives.

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Eight in 10 young unemployed people have never had a job before. The Social Employment Fund is not perfect but it’s the best tool we have right now to ensure that young people gain their first work experience, alleviate poverty in communities and boost national spending. The programme needs government’s budgetary commitment in the medium term, write Juanita Pardesi and Kristal Duncan-Williams.

Growing up in the small town of Phagameng in Modimolle, agricultural activities surrounded Francina, and that propelled her interest in participating in the Social Employment Fund (SEF) Programme, which she applied for and was successful in her quest.

National Youth Service Programme (NYSP) is a government initiative to engage South African youth in community service activities to strengthen service delivery, build patriotism, promote nation-building, foster social cohesion, and assist the youth to acquire occupational skills necessary to access sustainable livelihood opportunities.

Programmes such as the SEF are designed to not only to create jobs but also to contribute to the upliftment of society. In my view, SEF is an example of a well-designed social employment programme that has the potential to be a game changer in the social development space.