B-BBEE Commission hosts Youth Month dialogue on economic inclusion and youth employment, 25 Jun

The B-BBEE Commission will be hosting a virtual Youth dialogue under the theme “Promoting economic inclusion and youth employment”. The dialogue arises out of the need to debate issues that the becoming a barrier to transformation, inclusion and employment for young people.

The dialogue follows the recent release of statistics (by Statistics South Africa) on the high level of youth unemployment in South Africa, which points out a major concern. The debate will be structured around the pillars of Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment, which include Ownership and Management control, Skills Development for youth, Enterprise Development.

The intention is to provide a platform for the youth to voice out their lived realities, challenges associated with inclusion into the economy through B-BBEE pillars and in turn explore the means for increasing employment. The panellists of the virtual dialogue will consists of Youth Leaders from the Black Management Forum, Black Forum South Africa (Youth Chapter), Black Business Council (Youth Desk).

Details of the dialogue are as follows:
Date: 25 June 2021
Time: 10:00 – 12:00
Platform: Virtual (Zoom)
Webinar Link: https://gcis.zoom.us/j/99825549969
Webinar ID: 998 2554 9969

Media participation: Journalists may follow the panel discussion via live streaming on the following social media links

The webinar will also be live streamed on the following social media platforms:

Media enquiries:
Mofihli Teleki
Tel: 012 394 3515
Cell: 082 092 0079
E-mail: MTeleki@beecommission.gov.za

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