The Democratic Alliance (DA) Youth believes the Minister of Arts and Culture Paul Mashatile owes South Africa an apology, after we this afternoon received confirmation that R3-million of departmental funds were wasted on the National Youth Development Agency’s World Festival of Youth and Students. Minister Mashatile said, in response to a DA parliamentary question: “My [...]

The Sunday Times report showing that R5.6 million in state funds were used to charter a private jet to fly Cuban delegates to the National Youth Development Agency’s ridiculous totalitarian talk shop, demonstrates just why the NYDA should be shut down, and its budget allocated to a useful cause – such as zero-rating VAT on [...]

The DA Youth welcomes President Zuma’s announcement of a R150 million cash injection into the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) to allow for greater access to tertiary institutions. We further welcome the intention of President Zuma to incentivise higher education success by allowing students who graduate from university to have their third-year loans converted [...]