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Phumudzo Muthanyi and Mbali Mokgosi are redefining the recycling and fashion industry with their business and it all started with a pile of broken electrical appliances.
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Phumudzo Muthanyi has always had a passion for fashion and science. When she lost her father in 2016, she tried to think up a way of using a heap of broken electrical appliances that he had left behind in a creative and useful way.
After some experimentation and learning, she and her business partner, Mbali Mokgosi, came up with a way of helping the environment whilst also creating works of fashion. They found a way of recycling electronics, which is what her father was passionate about.
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Part of solving the youth unemployment crisis in South Africa, there are psychological barriers that need to be addressed by educators and employers.
Since the economic devastation wreaked by COVID-19, Stats SA has pegged youth unemployment at a seemingly insurmountable 61.3%. But is it only economic opportunity that is standing between South Africa’s youth and their journey to success?
According to Charlene Lackay, Group CSI Manager at Momentum Metropolitan, which is mandated with empowering South Africa’s youth, many young people from disadvantaged backgrounds often face psychological barriers that can impact their career trajectory, over and above the more obvious economic disparity.