Lungisa has no intention of making SA ungovernable - NYDA Siyabonga Magadla 23 August 2011
Agency would, however, support the peaceful demonstrations planned by the ANCYL National Youth Development Agency alleged statement of 'South Africa to be ungovernable' claim - untrue 22 Aug 2011 The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) has noted media reports emanating from the Black Management Forum Young Professionals Summit that took place in Cape Town on Friday, 19 August 2011, alleging that the Executive Chairperson of the NYDA Andile Lungisa has threatened to make South Africa "ungovernable" next month because of high youth unemployment. The NYDA would like to place it on record that Lungisa has no intention of making the country ungovernable at any point, but that the NYDA would be in support of peaceful demonstrations planned by the youth wing of the ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC) Youth League, aimed at highlighting the plight of unemployed young people. This is in line with the NYDA march to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) that was planned for June 2011 but was postponed due to budgetary constraints; the march was widely reported in the South African media. As part of its own programme the Youth League has undertaken to call for marches in all provinces, to strategic sectors of the economy, particularly the JSE, Chamber of Mines and others, and will mobilise all young people, unemployed youth, informal settlement dwellers to fight against economic oppressions in all its formats and character. It is a known fact that despite various initiatives by South Africa's democratic government, young people continue to be underdeveloped, constituting the majority of the unemployed, as such the continued focus of merely quoting statistics needs to be followed with more action by government, the private sector and civil society. The justification particularly from the private sector, that young people are unemployed because they lack skills and work experience cannot be valid because for young people to gain the required skills and experience they must be given the opportunity to access the workplace and gain the necessary skills. During the recent National Youth Convention organised by the NYDA in Kimberley young people themselves, recognising the slow pace of the private sector, called for a private sector forum to be Chaired by President Jacob Zuma to look at ways of accelerating their participation in youth development. Furthermore the continuous unjustified assertions by opposition parties on the alleged underperformance by the NYDA is nothing more than political grandstanding unfortunately at the expense of millions of unemployed youth, whose hopes remain largely with the NYDA. While the under-resourcing of the NYDA has threatened its performance in the past two years of its existence, the NYDA continues to make inroads in improving the lives of young people including facilitating youth access to business funding. A collective effort to support structures that are put in place by government to support the development of young people is what is required, not continued unjustifiable criticism. The NYDA marked its second year of existence in June 2011 and has made progress in providing development opportunities to young people, including approving R66, 7 million worth of loans to young entrepreneurs and sourcing business opportunities worth over R144 million through the Business Opportunities Support Service. About 5,277 Business Consultancy Services vouchers were issued to youth for business development services including for company registrations, tendering and marketing support. Furthermore the organisation has also provided career guidance to over 444, 000 young people and trained 152,377 young people including 84, 644 trained through the National Youth Service programme. In addition over 61, 000 jobs have been sustained through various NYDA programmes including the entrepreneurship and skills development programmes. The NYDA remains committed in improving the lives of young people. While we continue to lobby for more resources, the NYDA will continue to go into partnerships with government and municipalities towards improving the lives of young people. It is our conviction that through these efforts the private sector will realise the resourcefulness of young people and begin to give them opportunities. Statement issued by Siyabonga Magadla, National Youth Development Agency, August 22 2011 Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -----Original Message----- From: Siphelo Ngcwangu <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:04:01 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LJ-SACP-JHB] NYDA on the warpath its a flawed class analysis by the NYDA..has Andile Lungisa read the COSATU secretariat report on the issue of Youth Unemployment? the question is 'what are the structural processes that result in a reproduction of Youth Unemployment?' . while corporate social responsibility is important it cant be provided as a solution..without addressing the structural crisis.. and Nationalisation alone is also not a solution..we require a wider social process.. On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Dominic Tweedie <[email protected] > wrote: > > [image: Sowetan] > > > *NYDA on the warpath * > ** ** > *"Every street in South Africa will be closed" * > ** ** > ** ** > *Anna Majavu, Sowetan, Johannesburg, 22 August 2011* > ** ** > HIS government agency gets more than R350million a year to create > opportunities for young people, but National Youth Development Agency > chairperson Andile Lungisa says he will make South Africa "ungovernable" > next month over the high rate of youth unemployment.**** > ** ** > In a speech at the third summit of the Black Management Forum young > professional's chapter in Cape Town on Friday, Lungisa lashed out at the ANC > government, young black professionals, African leaders, the DA, AfriForum > and the Stellenbosch mafia.**** > ** ** > "In September we are going to close every street in South Africa. If there > is a cheese in your fridge they are going to take it," Lungisa told the > meeting.**** > ** ** > *Small businesses* > ** ** > He hit out at white and black professionals, telling the audience: "Those > who have hairstyles, those who are wearing ties but not helping their > community will be affected."**** > ** ** > His remarks came after young black professionals asked him whether the NYDA > ever gave funding to small businesses or if that was only "a myth".**** > ** ** > Lungisa responded by lashing out at BMF young professional provincial > leader Thuso Segopolo, his colleague Papama Matsiliza, DA youth leader > Makashule Gana and Charl Oberholzer of AfriForum, who had just held a panel > discussion on "youth as the epicentre of African development".**** > ** ** > Lungisa told them they had been talking about Africa without knowing > anything about African Union agreements.**** > ** ** > *Weakest leadership* > ** ** > He said South Africa's problems were due to the "Stellenbosch mafia", a > group of wealthy families from Stellenbosch, whom Julius Malema last month > blamed for creating opposition to nationalisation.**** > ** ** > He then added that "currently on the African continent we have the weakest > leadership ever", before the audience reminded him to answer their question > about the NYDA funding.**** > ** ** > Lungisa said the government had carried out a due diligence report, which > found that the NYDA would need R600million a year to operate.**** > ** ** > "That part was never processed by our own government. It became the first > limitation," Lungisa said.**** > ** ** > In fact, the NYDA received R370million from government in 2010, and in > February this year was allocated R1,22billion for the next three years - > about R400million a year.**** > ** ** > Lungisa also said the quality of education in South Africa was very poor.* > *** > ** ** > But BMF committee member Andile Nomlala said his organisation would not > support Lungisa's plan to hold mass marches next month.**** > ** ** > Nomlala said the BMF young professionals would rather find solutions, > telling Lungisa they had "adopted" some township schools and were raising > funds for these to be equipped with new technology. > ** ** > ** ** > *From: http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2011/08/22/nyda-on-the-warpath* > * * > * * > ** ** > ** ** > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "LJ-SACP-JHB" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/LJ-SACP-JHB -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "LJ-SACP-JHB" group. 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