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Lerato Mutsila

Johannesburg

Journalist at Daily Maverick

Daily Maverick Journalist

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  • Presidential Youth Employment Initiative delivers 76,000 job opportunities in Q4

    5 days ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Lerato Mutsila

    NATIONAL CRISIS Unemployed graduates apply for internship vacancies advertised by the office of the Presidency at the Union Buildings on 25 January 2021. (Photo: Alet Pretorius / Gallo Images) Despite the creation of some jobs, youth unemployment in South Africa — now at 46.1% — remains a national crisis. The Presidential Youth Employment Intervention (PYEI) continues to deliver meaningful change in the lives of South Africa’s young people, according to the deputy minister in the Presidency,...

  • The psychology of child abusers

    5 days ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Kristin Engel |Lerato Mutsila

    CHILDREN IN CRISIS   Illustrative image, from left: 2022 in Cape Town, South Africa.

  • New report reveals cost-of-living crisis deepening for SA’s poor

    1 week ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Lerato Mutsila

    From 2011 to 2023 the cost of living in South Africa has nearly doubled. This was revealed in the Trend in the Cost of Living in South Africa report, released on Friday, 16 May 2025. Electricity increases and food inflation are shown to be hitting poor and working-class households the hardest.

  • Unpacking obstetric violence in Africa, World Hunger Day and examining NDPP appointment processes

    1 week ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Lerato Mutsila

    World Hunger Day is on 28 May, and to commemorate it the Union Against Hunger will host a community dialogue centred around food justice. There will also be discussions on maternal rights and NDPP appointment processes this week in civil society. On Tuesday, 27 May 2025 at 1pm the Dullah Omar Institute will host a webinar on Obstetric Violence in Africa.

  • Twelve years on, the families of soldiers killed in Battle of Bangui call for accountability

    1 week ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Lerato Mutsila

    It has been 12 years since 15 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers died in and after the Battle of Bangui in the Central African Republic in March 2013. After years of broken promises, the families, desperate for answers, are once again calling on the government to provide answers.

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Lerato Mutsila
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27 Jan 25

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26 Sep 24

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