The National Youth Policy (2015-2020) is anchored on five pillars geared towards enabling youth development: 1) economic inclusion and participation 2) education, skills and training 3) health and well-being 4) nation-building and social cohesion and 5) building a youth machinery for efficient delivery and responsibilities. The absence of youth engagement in policy development and implementation compounded by fragmentation and lack of co-ordination, gave birth to the National Youth Policy (2015-2020). Among the functions assigned, these formations were to mainstream youth development within government departments, initiating, designing, coordinating, evaluating and monitoring programmes aimed at uplifting and empowering young people. It is therefore not surprising that with the advent of democracy in Africa and in particular, South Africa, policies and programmes have been developed with the primary aim of restoring young people’s dignity and advancement for their development.Īt a national level, attempts have been made to address youth related challenges that have seen the introduction of the 1996 National Youth Commission, an enactment of the National Youth Development Policy (2002-2007) and the establishment of the National Youth Development Agency in 2008 (De Lannoy et al, 2015, p. Youth sacrifices and their radical involvement not only rob them of their youth, but also deny them golden opportunities to advance themselves in areas of education, economics and welfare (Mafema & Tshishonga, 2011). In Africa, and particularly in the third world nations, the irony of sloganising youth as the cream or the future of the nation exists alongside tendencies and behaviours that impede their development towards being responsible and full citizens, which aggravates youth underdevelopment and marginalisation. Young people have been the vanguard of the liberation struggles that resulted into dismantling colonialism and apartheid governance systems in Africa (Mafema & Tshishonga, 2011).
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