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14 years of nurturing minds and developing future SA leaders

Published by YLED at June 29, 2018
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2018 marks the 14th anniversary of the Youth Leadership & Entrepreneurship Programme known (YLED). YLED since its inception has been implementing Saturday school model which focused on imparting life, leadership and entrepreneurship skills amongst school youth.

YLED Programme has not only fused on life and entrepreneurship skills but it has also managed to expose the next generation of leaders to corporate spaces, mentorship and given them practical tools which have proven to be important and effective in their lives 4 to 8 years after attending our programmes.

This award-winning programme will leave no stone unturned in its quest to ensure that the grade 11s that come from all walks of life are challenged, empowered and are given back their confidence to navigate life head-on.

YLED help develop young graduates to:

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Communicate

Equipping the learners with better and more effective communication skills
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Persist

Encouraging them to persist and embrace failure as an opportunity to learn and grow
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Adapt

Helping them to become flexible and adaptable when facing obstacles
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Take risks

Teach the learners how to take smart, calculated risks that offer rewards
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Problem-solve

Assist them in learning effective problem-solving skills
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Equip them to find opportunities and to look for ways to thrive

It is 100 years since the birth of the anti apartheid stalwart, Nelson Mandela, who offered an opportunity to the founder of YLED to pursue a postgraduate degree in the UK through the Nelson Mandela Scholarship.

Upon completing his studies through the Nelson Mandela Scholarship, the founder of YLED, Steven Zwane came back more committed to driving social change by improving the programme and the impact it has on society at large.

To commemorate this Global ICON’s centenary and the impact he has had on the programme, the 2018 Programme theme is based on one of Nelson Mandela’s famous quotes “Sometimes, it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom.” – Nelson Mandela.

This year’s programme will be filled with new exciting activities with a special focus on youth advancement. Participants will be part of the free and mobile generation that will seek to make a great impact in the communities that they come from.

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YLED’s Presidential Run-Off

A few weeks back YLED’s Youth Self-Leadership (YSL) Top 12 Learners were selected. In this process the learners are divided into Presidential Candidates and their Running Mates, were they compete for their YSL Top 3 Spot to become General Managers of the three companies yet to be established. They had two weeks to prepare their campaigns and they had to go on social media, send Whats App messages and so many other thrilling ways to get votes! The day arrived, the Presidential candidates and their running mates were ready, the environment was tense and it was all systems go! We saw them pitching their incredibly compelling campaigns and the best Presidential Candidates won.

YLED’s Youth Self Leadership Top 3 Leaders

  • Mary Bhila
  • Tsebo Ramonyalioa
  • Yusra Tayob

YLED’s Partnership with Gauteng Government

In the journey of commemorating the #42nd Anniversary of the June 16 1976 march, YLED a youth-led movement advocating for life and entrepreneurial skills of young people, partnered with the Gauteng Government to play a critical role in ensuring that the youth of the Gauteng Province are engaged in the events that took place during youth month. Moreover, we ensured that the youth understands the importance of commemorating youth month and enabling the youth to be aware of the various opportunities out there that they can leverage from.

Great Generation

On 17 June 2018, YLED NPO delivered dialogues that focused on remembering Nelson Mandela and empowering the youth of South Africa to become a #GREATGENERATION. We engaged in three topics.

YLED’s Youth Self Leadership Top 3 Leaders

The awards recognise the achievements and success stories of organisations, enterprises and individuals that are actively demonstrating alignment to the government’s Nine-Point Plan to boost economic growth and achieve the milestones set by the National Development Plan (NDP). The overwhelming number of nominations for the various categories of the awards casts a positive glow on the future of South Africa, and showcases the commitment of both the public and private sector to the NDP. YLED had a double Burrell of nominations with Steven Zwane Chairperson of YLED and Faith Moeletsane for the Drivers of Change Category, setting YLED as one of the leading organizations who are driving the National Development Plan Agenda and taking them country forward.

To that end, on the 14th anniversary of the YLED Programme and 100th year of Nelson Mandela, we’re letting the greatness of this year’s cohort blossom #YLEDGreatGen.

The socio-economic impact created by the existence of the YLED Programme with support from various change agents resonates with the theme ’14 years of letting greatness blossom’.

These are some of the success stories of the YLED programme:

  • Jeremy Afrika
    "The lessons I’ve learned have helped me complete my matric year successfully and have made my life much easier at university, as we were given guidance on what to expect and how to tackle challenges that may arise; it put me in the frame of mind to achieve what I want to in life. Today I feel that I am a well-rounded person due to the experiences and lessons learnt from the programme."
    Jeremy Afrika
    (YLED 2008) Accountant Executive
  • Faith Moeletsane
    “Today I am able to communicate better, having not being to an interview yet I’ve been prepared for one, from the clothing, posture, walk and even the hand shake. I know that there are opportunities for young people out there and things are not as dull and bad as they seem when one is in their closet.”
    Faith Moeletsane
    (YLED 2008) HR Practitioner
  • Amanda Modise
    “The Entrepreneurship leg of the programme made me aspire to open my business one day. The LSM programme helped me quite a lot in matric because I could apply what I learned. At the beginning of my varsity life, I felt that I couldn‘t use some of the lessons learnt because I faced different challenges that I couldn’t tie in the skills that I learnt from the programme. However, over time I realized that some lessons where relevant and applicable to challenges I faced in higher learning.”
    Amanda Modise
    (YLED 2007) Enterprise Development Practitioner
  • Mapula H Monyela
    “YLED NPO, thank you for all you have done. Till this day, I still benefit from YLED. Even though I am in my engineering career, I tend to have business ideas for the future because I do not want to rely on my job for financial security."
    Mapula H Monyela
    (YLED 2010) Electronics Support
  • Busisiwe Zwane
    "YLED has taught Luyanda to be strong, stand up for herself to any circumstances, challenges that comes to her.  She has learnt to be firm.  Looking at her now I can see that she is going to be a strong corporate lady because YLED has taught her to be strong."
    Busisiwe Zwane
    Luyanda Zwane (Parent)
  • Iris Dempsey: CEO FNB Commercial

    “In the four years of running the YLED programme, we have successfully seen and influenced over 200 potential young entrepreneurs, by equipping them with the skills they need to run their own businesses. Our commitment to the future of entrepreneurship in South Africa can be seen in our expansion of the programme into the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, starting in 2010. We believe that these learners are the future of this country and in helping shape them, they can shape the future of South Africa.”

     
     
    Iris Dempsey: CEO FNB Commercial
    YLED Programme 2006 - 2009
  • Efiong Akpan: Owner McDonalds Polokwane

    “Hi Steve, It is nice to see how these young ones are maturing in the business world. It will be interesting to track their progress in life and to see how the seeds planted will grow in the future. Yes, it is more important for us sponsors who have taken them so far to continue to the end. We are grooming future leaders in our communities.”

     
     
    Efiong Akpan: Owner McDonalds Polokwane
    YLED Programme 2010
  • "What Steven and his team are doing is exceptionally good, as our kids have an advantage over the other kids around them."

     
     
    Taylo Mosavel (Parent)
  • Bongiwe Tindleni: General Manager (Micro Enterprise Finance at ABSA Bank)

    "This event (Young Women Dialogue) bears testimony to the employee volunteerism programme that ABSA drives because four different units (CRES, Seshego Cares, Unsecured lending and Group Talent) collaborated with a youth development organisation to share their skills, impact the knowledge as well as empower the young girl child on the day. ‘The time has come for female leaders to take on an active role to guide the next generation of women leaders."

     
     
    Bongiwe Tindleni: General Manager (Micro Enterprise Finance at ABSA Bank)
    Young Women in Dialogue 2011
  • Kendra Bethanie

    "He has become more inspired in his life. The way he talks, walks, dress, everything has changed. Besides watching the news, he barely spends time in front of the television."

     
     
    Kendra Bethanie
    Cautlyn Bethanie (Parent)
  • Lenah Rammaledi

    "I can really remember her coming from the Financial Literacy Session on Saturday and said 'Mama you need to make good debt not like now you make bad debt' and I didn't understand, but knowing Koketso she explained and I understood.  I will now take her advice and make good debt."

     
    Lenah Rammaledi
    Koketso Ngubeni (Guardian)
  • Elegance Gozo: ABSA Head of Young Talent

    “The YLED initiative is a reflection of the commitment by the ABSA executive team to bring about change in shaping young people’s minds because the future success of communities and economies relies on the next generation having the right skills.”

     
    Elegance Gozo: ABSA Head of Young Talent
    YLED Programme 2012
  • Tumi Baldese: Project Administrator at FNB

    "Participating in the YLED programme was a wonderful opportunity that opened many doors for me. It was a stepping stone to many of the activities and roles I ventured into post-matric."

     
     
    Tumi Baldese: Project Administrator at FNB
    Honours Degree in Economics (University of Pretoria 2010 - 2012), Graduate Development Programme (FNB, 2013). YLED Programme 2007 Graduate
  • Gail Lyners

    "I would like to thank the YLED team for all the effort invested and impact made in my daughter's life."

     
     
    Gail Lyners
    Shandray Steward (Mother)

To-date more than 15 000 learners from over 100 high schools in Gauteng, Limpopo, Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal have benefitted from YLED’s efforts. 14 years of transforming and impacting the future of young lives.

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