YOUTH PARLIAMENT
NATIONAL RURAL YOUTH SERVICE
CORPS
(NARYSEC)
NONALA BUTHELEZI
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BACKGROUND TO NARYSEC
• Job creation and skills development of youth are national
priorities.
• Unemployment of youth in rural areas even more
serious.
• The Comprehensive Rural Development Programme
(CRDP) was developed in 2009.
• In response to the plight of youth in rural areas the
National Rural Youth Service Corps (NARYSEC) was
established on 1 September 2010.
• Emphasis of NARYSEC is the development of the skills
of rural youth.
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THE OBJECTIVES OF THE NARYSEC
PROGRAMME
• Nation building and community service through the
initiation of district life skills hubs that serve as rural
youth empowerment centres.
• Enabling rural youth to play a strategic and significant
role in the transformation of rural communities by
participating in the roll out and implementation of the
CRDP.
• Creating a major countryside revolution for socioeconomic freedom with special emphasis on rural areas.
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THE OBJECTIVES OF THE NARYSEC
PROGRAMME
• Enhancing the spirit of ubuntu through whole-person
self-development, economic participation, community
values and personal empowerment among young
people.
• Promoting a result oriented national rural youth service
and thereby build patriotism, social cohesion and stable
rural communities with viable institutions, sustainable
economies and access to social amenities able to attract
and retain skilled and knowledgeable people who will
contribute to growth and development of the rural
communities.
• Investing in the future by investing in the youth today.
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PRESENT TARGET GROUP AND
PERIOD
• Rural ward focused.
• Age group 18 to 35 – (working age).
• Completed grade 10 (std. 8) or higher (completed
school).
• Stipend of R1 320 per month.
• Gender balance of 50/50 even though distribution in
provinces may be different.
• Four years – can migrate to better employment or
business opportunities earlier.
NATIONAL RURAL YOUTH
SERVICE CORPS
(NARYSEC)
Know Your People!
Know Your Village!
Live Up To Your Responsibility!
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GROWTH IN NARYSEC AND EXIT INFO
START DATE
NUMBER OF YOUTH
EXIT DATE
1 September 2010
7 956
31 August 2014
30 April 2012
8 041
29 April 2016
31 May 2012
9 371
30 May 2016
30 June 2012
10 478
29 June 2016
31 August 2012
11 140
30 August 2016
30 September 2012
11 540
29 September 2016
31 March 2013
12 881
30 March 2017
CURRENT ENROLMENT:
NARYSEC PARTICIPANTS PER PROVINCE
PROVINCE
FEMALE
MALE
TOTAL
EASTERN CAPE
1 388
1 021
2 400
232
148
380
1 171
673
1 844
931
530
1 461
1 166
793
1 959
MPUMALANGA
572
389
961
NORTH WEST
735
545
1 280
NORTHERN CAPE
582
343
925
WESTERN CAPE
990
681
1 671
7 757
5 124
12 881
FREE-STATE
GAUTENG
KWAZULU-NATAL
LIMPOPO
Grand Total
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YOUTH TRAINED WHERE AND ON WHAT
• Agriculture Fort Cox: 69 youth trained on Animal
Production: NQF Level 2.
• 38 FETC nationally: 5057 youth were trained in the
various fields of construction:
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Building & Civil Construction: NQF Level 3.
Plumbing: NQF Level 2.
Welding: NQF Level 2.
Electrical Engineering for construction: NQF Level 2.
Community House Building: NQF Level 2.
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CONT,
• FETC: Business Administration Services: Level 2 &
Level 4.
• South African Wildlife College and Wilderness
Foundation trained 300 youth on Farm Management: NC
Level 1.
• StatsSA and Social Dev trained 4000 youth on
HouseHold Profilling.
• SANDF trained 4700 youth in Character Building.
• Bytes Technology trained 300 youth on Computer data
capturing.
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CONT,
• Chief Directorate Rural Disaster trained 88 youth on
various courses:
– Community based disaster risk management.
– Disaster risks.
– Handling of dangerous goods.
– Basic Computer skills.
– Communication.
– Office Administration
– First Aid course I and II.
These youth are based at various Thusong Centres.
NEW SKILLS PROGRAMMES 2013 AND
BEYOND
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NC: Animal Production: NQF Level 2
NC: Automotive Repair & Maintenance: NQF Level 2
NC: Building & Civil construction: NQF Level 3
FETC: Plumbing: NQF Level 4
FETC: Welding: NQF Level 4
NC: Business Administration Services: Level 2 & Level 4
Renewable Energy: NQF Level 3
Agri-business: NQF Level 3
Solid Waste Management: NQF Level 3
Waste Water Management: NQF Level 3
Hospitality: NQF Level 3
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CHALLENGES
• Learnership and other skills programs require that after
30% training in theory at the College, a learner must
undergo practical work training at a host employer to
complete 70% work practical experience part.
• DRDLR does not have facilities to host learners as per
their area of training.
• Initially this was a huge challenge to persuade relevant
host employers to do the 70% practical training.
• This is a problem even outside the NARYSEC
programme.
• To date 80% of the participants who completed
construction training have been placed with host
employers.
• Sites for the remaining 20% are still sought.
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CHALLENGES
• Although host employers are carefully selected
conditions are not always conducive for youth to get
practical experience. Such youth would be removed to
avoid putting them at risk.
• FETC start programmes at set dates. Youth waiting to
enroll would not necessarily be kept busy.
• Youth are linked to local municipalities to work in
community projects of Municipality as Community
Development Volunteers.
• Not all municipalities utilise youth actively.
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STRATEGIES TO MITIGATE
CHALLENGES
• The challenge remains in linking skilled young people to
relevant job opportunities. Various institutions are in
place to address this. The most significant intervention
is the NARYSEC Technical Support Unit (DBSA). Their
purpose is to oversee activities at colleges and at the
various workplaces where youth are trained. The NTSU
has now become fully operational.
• Municipalities not utilising youth lead to youth not being
engaged. Although several engagements at especially
Ministerial level took place progress is slow. These
engagements continue.
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NARYSEC PROJECTS
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Ablution facilities Limpopo school.
Pack house Madzivandila.
Houses Malamulele.
Children's ward Addington Hospital.
Renovate nurses residences Addington Hospital.
Low cost housing Paarl.
Paving Beaufort West.
Household profiling.
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EARLY SUCESSES
COLBERT MABASA LIMPOPO
• Colbert Mabasa completed his workplace training at the
Malamulele construction site.
• Colbert did not think that the NARYSEC training would
impact his life and that of the entire community. The local
chief witnessed Colbert's contribution in job creation for
some of his villagers and decided to offer him 5ha piece
of land as a token of appreciation for community service.
• Colbert bought himself a brick making machine and
started manufacturing bricks and selling them in his
village. NARYSEC encouraged him to register his own
business. He sells bricks in and around Malamulele
area. He has currently completed building works for a
clergy man in his community.
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MOEKETSI DEANE NORTH WEST
• Moeketsi Deane, a NARYSEC participant, formed a
business with other participants in North West. They
were awarded a sub-contract to build a Health Centre in
Moretele in Bojanala District.
• 20 other community youth has been employed by the
participants in the project.
• Low cost housing in Randfontein Johannesburg has
been earmark to be built by the same NARYSEC
participants.
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WENDY TSOTETSI GAUTENG
• Wendy Tsotetsi, is a NARYSEC participant who have
formed an agriculture cooperative in piggery, vegetable
production and cropping.
• These youth are based in Kaalfontein where they
operate under Emfuleni Local Municipality.
• They also train members of the community on climate
change and adaptation especially for agricultural
purposes.
• They have planted maize for the first time this year and
should harvest in May/June 2013.
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IMPACT
• Direct economic impact to unemployed youth through
the stipend.
• Youth support between three to five people with the
stipend, impacting on between 35 000 to 50 000 people.
• Youth who left the schooling system early is provided
with a SAQA/ NQF accredited qualification.
• Community service is performed throughout the
NARYSEC programme of action.
• Household profiling provides a national database of rural
people with a rich potential of research to guide future
activities.
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IMPACT
• The training programme by the Department of Defence
instils discipline, patriotism, life skills, communication
skills, leadership skills, etc.
• Enterprize development skills will assist the
entrepreneurs to get a start in business.
• A well rounded young person will exit from NARYSEC
with a qualification as well as a member of a
cooperative.
• NARYSEC is still a young programme (two and a half
years old) and the real impact will become evident over
time.
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THANK YOU