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Across South Africa, talented young professionals have the ambition and skills to drive innovation—but too often lack the pathways into meaningful work. This week, the United Nations and the YES P...
The illicit drug trade persists, and its imprint is visible everywhere.
In the harm it causes, the violence it unleashes, the healthcare gaps it exposes, and the millions of lives it erodes.
In ...
During the UN Climate Change Youth Dialogue Watch Party, Masters student Stacey Mgijima shared a critical insight: the energy crisis and climate crisis are not separate problems — they’re linked by...
What happens when young people come together to reflect on global climate leadership?
Boikanyo Leabile shares his powerful perspective after attending a UN climate watch party on the global respon...
16 June, Soweto, South Africa.
50 years on we honour the youth of 1976 and stand with young people advancing dignity, equality and justice today.
50 years ago, students walked out of classrooms...
The global investment community is converging on a powerful idea: that impact and returns are not in tension — they are, in fact, the same opportunity viewed from different angles.
In this convers...
You belong at the table. In climate decisions. In education reform. In peace processes. In health systems. In the boardroom.
Your leadership is essential, not optional. #youthday
On #YouthDay, the UN 🇺🇳 🇿🇦 acknowledges a fundamental truth: the solutions we need—for climate, for jobs, for education, for peace—cannot happen without young people at the table.
Your voice, yo
A clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a human right.
Human rights cannot be realised without a healthy planet and the planet cannot be protected without human rights.
To protect the envi...
The World Meteorological Organization has confirmed it: El Niño is developing across the Pacific Ocean in 2026. Forecasters estimate an 80% probability through August, rising to 90% or higher throu...
South Africa faces one of the world's most urgent climate challenges. But it also has something powerful: young researchers using evidence and innovation to build solutions that actually work here....
Africa's clean energy transition is not short of projects or talent — it is short of a financing architecture that reflects reality.
In this conversation, we unpack one of the most misunderstood d...
June 1976 changed South Africa forever. Young people in Soweto took to the streets demanding an education system — and a country — that saw them as fully human. Fifty years later, we mark Youth Mon...
South Africa's youth unemployment rate is among the highest in the world — but what if we've been thinking about it all wrong?
In this conversation, we explore a powerful reframe: youth employment...
One continent. Countless futures being built right now. Africa Day is a reminder that the world doesn't just watch Africa — the world needs Africa. The UN is proud to walk alongside every community...
Tea is one of the world's most beloved beverages — but the people who make it possible rarely get the recognition they deserve. In tea-producing regions around the world, women are at the centre of...
Young people around the world are telling stories that matter — about migration, belonging, identity and the world they want to live in. The 2026 PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival is now open for submis...
What does it mean to invest responsibly in a country still working towards equity and sustainability? In this conversation, we explore integrated thinking — the framework pushing pension funds, cor...
What does it actually mean for a company to think in an integrated way — and what changes when it does?
In this clip, the conversation goes beyond reporting frameworks to the human consequence of ...
Gross Domestic Product has long defined whether countries are succeeding — but it leaves out the things people care about most. It doesn't account for inequality. It doesn't measure environmental d...