Let’s call it what it is: South Africa’s skills development landscape is broken. And it’s not for lack of trying; there are hundreds of programmes, policies, and initiatives. But millions of young people, and even those over 35 still trying to find their footing, are stuck in the unemployment trap. In communities from Rustenburg to…

Training without income isn’t empowerment. It’s a distraction. Let’s be honest: we’re drowning in certificates. They’re framed on walls, buried in drawers, saved as blurry phone pics. We hand them out like candy at graduation ceremonies with big speeches and even bigger promises. But when the applause dies down, too many people are left with…