YOUNG MAVERICK SPECIAL EDITION: Where the younger journalists takeover

[Help a friend procrastinate at work.]( [Daily Maverick]( YOUNG MAVERICK TAKEOVER No, it’s not a new addition to the Maverick brand (well, for now), but during the month of June, Daily Maverick’s younger reporters from our Cape Town and Joburg offices have decided to join forces to create a special two-edition newsletter on Young South Africa- our challenges and our innovations. [Key Reading: Solutions to youth unemployment]( The public debate around the disheartening youth unemployment — 55.2% for those aged 15-24 — always involves a damning indictment of a failing education system which leaves young people without the basic competency for skilled work or without adequate higher training required by the labour market. Written by [Nkateko Mabasa.]( [What are young people watching?]( On Youth Day, society will talk about the Youth and all it's problems. But instead of listening to the speeches we hear every Youth Day, take a look at [Yanga Sibembe and Ayanda Mthethwa's]( piece on cinematic works that young people have really sparked a following in young people across SA. A boy, did we binge-watch. [ PS: We promise no studios' were harmed in the making of this piece] — [The children of the Mother City who faced down apartheid]( We must never forget the South African activists people who died in 1976. Cape Town’s Slave Lodge will host an exhibition titled Aluta Continua- following the timeline of people killed in Cape Town.[Suné Payne]( focuses on a new exhibition that tracks the youth-led protests of 1976 in Cape Town, right through the 1980s and into the 1990s and beyond. [Women's Soccer under-funding- not just a Banyana thing]( Banyana Banyana despite debuting at the FIFA Women's World Cup are still under-funded and under-paid compared to their counterparts. Chronic underfunding of sports is not only found in the senior women's team, but in the lower development structures. [Aisha Abdool Karim]( tracks a high school soccer team from Stellenbosch who sit with the same under-funding battle. — [Daily Maverick Best Sellers]( Our list is compiled from print sales data and other sources. It represents the bestselling books in South Africa from the previous four weeks to 6 June 2019, and combines Fiction and Non-fiction best sellers. [Be the change you want to see.]( Maverick Insider is more than a reader revenue scheme. Whilst not quite a ‘state of mind’, it is a mindset: it’s about believing that independent journalism makes a genuine difference to our country and it’s about having the will to support that endeavour. Sign up to Maverick Insider and be the change you want to see. [Light at the end of the unemployment tunnel: The youth who are doing it for themselves]( [Light at the end of the unemployment tunnel: The youth who are doing it for themselves]( BY Lelethu Tonisi [YOUNG MAVERICK: Climate Activists: Meet the activists who are energised to avert climate catastrophe]( [YOUNG MAVERICK: Climate Activists: Meet the activists who are energised to avert climate catastrophe]( BY Tessa Knight — [FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO A FRIEND]( Copyright © 2019 Daily Maverick, All rights reserved. You are receiving this mail because you are awesome and on the Daily Maverick Afternoon Thing subscriber list. Want to advertise in this mail? [Talk to us.](mailto:advertise@dailymaverick.co.za?subject=Advertising%20query%3A%20Afternoon%20Thing) [Getting too many emails from us? Manage your preferences]( | [Unsubscribe](