{"id":40476,"date":"2025-10-23T14:16:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T12:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/the-journey-is-just-beginning-young-south-africans-stepping-into-opportunity\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T14:16:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T12:16:15","slug":"the-journey-is-just-beginning-young-south-africans-stepping-into-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/the-journey-is-just-beginning-young-south-africans-stepping-into-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"The journey is just beginning: Young South Africans stepping into opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For many young South Africans, the transition from school to the workplace is fraught with uncertainty. Limited access to resources, guidance, and real-world experience often stands between ambition and opportunity. But a powerful new partnership between the Tyre, Equipment, Parts Association (TEPA), a proud association of the Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI) and Kids Haven is beginning to change that &ndash; opening doors for vulnerable youth and giving them a genuine chance to build their futures.<\/p>\n<p>Launched in July this year the initiative reflects the heart of the message: It&rsquo;s still in our hands to combat poverty and inequity. Through the partnership, TEPA members are creating structured pathways into the automotive sector for young people, providing both skills development and real-world employment opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Youth unemployment is one of South Africa&rsquo;s most pressing challenges,&rdquo; says Dylan Petzer, National Vice Chairman of TEPA. &ldquo;As an&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=74999&#038;page=the-journey-is-just-beginning-young-south-africans-stepping-into-opportunity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For many young South Africans, the transition from school to the workplace is fraught with uncertainty. Limited access to resources, guidance, and real-world experience often stands between ambition and opportunity. But a powerful new partnership between the Tyre, Equipment, Parts Association (TEPA), a proud association of the Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI) and Kids Haven [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40477,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/Autozone%20youth%20at%20first%20day%20of%20training.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/Autozone%20youth%20at%20first%20day%20of%20training.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}