Republic of South Africa; Department of Women, Youth & Persons with Disabilities Country Resources Child and Youth General Policies, Laws, Strategies & Plans, Service Standards South Africa 1 January 2020 Policy document

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This policy proposes various policy imperatives to strengthen development, empowerment, and resilience of our youth during and post the pandemic era. It advocates for the need for key players within society, namely government, private and civil society sectors, to intensify their commitment in keeping youth development a priority.
The NYP 2030 is underpinned by the following five policy pillars, with the Fourth Industrial Revolution being identified as the cross-cutting theme across all these policy pillars: (a) Quality educations, skills and second chances; (b) Economic transformation, entrepreneurship, and job creation; (c) Physical and mental health promotion including mitigation against the pandemic/s; (d) Social cohesion and nation building; (e) Effective and responsive youth development machinery.

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