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S A S O L D I E Rfocus on youthCelebrate National YouthService trainingArticle courtesy Public SectorManager (PSM)Photos: S Sgt Lebogang TlhaoleThe Department of Defence(DOD) has successfullyinstituted a National YouthService (NYS) trainingprogramme since January2011 in collaboration withparticipating government departments.More than 5 000 youths from theDepartment of Rural Developmentand Land Reform (DRDLR), and 500from the KwaZulu-Natal ProvincialGovernment have participated in theDOD NYS programmes to date.ABOVE: Lt Gen Derick Mgwebi,then Chief of Human Resources,with Ms Selina Hlakane (30)from Sedibeng District inGauteng, who had undergonetraining in self-discipline andpatriotism.ABOVE: Mr Anton van Staden, the National Rural Youth ServiceCorps programme manager, congratulates one of the graduates afterhanding her a certificate.The NYS programme is in answerto the Government’s call to addressthe plight of the extraordinarilyhigh number of unemployed youth.The Government’s intention is tointegrate the youth into the economyby providing them with appropriateand targeted skills based on fourpillars, namely provision of basic hardskills; discipline; entrepreneurial andvocational skills; as well as socialdevelopment and upliftment.The SA National Defence Force(SANDF) excels in the second pillar,22 • J U N E 2 0 1 3
focus on youthS A S O L D I E RABOVE: National Rural Youth Service Corps members singing, dancing and cheering after receivingtheir certificates after undergoing training in self-discipline and patriotism.namely to instil discipline by virtueof its mandate that require welldisciplinedand professionallytrained soldiers to defend thesovereignty of the State.Therefore the curriculum ofthe DOD NYS programmeprovides subjects such as drill,physical training, leadership,civic education, life skills,youth regeneration, diversitymanagement, public serviceinduction, communication andsocial responsibility.The programme is focused oncharacter building in order todeliver youth who have developedself-discipline, are proud SouthAfricans and can take the lead intheir communities. No combatskills are developed and the DODNYS programme is thus nonmilitarytraining.On conclusion of the DOD NYSprogramme the participantsreturn to their various governmentdepartments to continue with theiryouth service programme thatdevelops hard skills, mainly throughFurther Education and TrainingColleges. The skills developmentprovided by DRDLR’s NationalYouth Service Corps (NARYSEC)is in the domain of construction,agriculture, disaster mitigation, officemanagement, basic administrationskills, project administration andenterprise development.The skills development phase isfollowed by community servicewhere the skills developed arepractically applied while the youthsare being mentored. On conclusionof the four-year NARYSECprogramme the participantscan either be employed or cancontribute to the economies of theirrespective communities throughentrepreneurial enterprises.The DOD NYS programme fillsa niche that enhances the youthprogrammes presented by othergovernment departments. Theeffect of the DOD NYS programmeis reflected in the behaviour of theyouth returning to their departments’programmes. They display selfconfidence,respect towards othersand a disciplined approach to theskills development opportunitiesoffered. Given the limited sparecapacity of the SA Army, the SA Navyand the SA Military Health Serviceto present and support the broaderNYS programme, only a smallnumber of youth may have beenreached, but these become valuablecitizens. Each of these youths willhave a significant impact on thesocio-economical upliftment of hisor her community.J U N E 2 0 1 3 • 23
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