Tag Archives: #Youth

– Let us try to find a way to win

When wrestling difficulties of expanding the business, protecting it against major setbacks that could result in its premature closure, may be the last thing and least priority on the owner’s mind.

Documentaries have been created detailing stories of economic difficulties of life during world wars, and those who lived long enough in this country, can also attest to difficulties of life for many during apartheid. But life in South Africa today, especially for the youth, is difficult to bear. Coupled with their parents lacking material resources to help them, and burdened by heavy debt of trying to improve their education and skills, many are still faced with bleak prospects of being active participants in this poor economy.

The high increasing costs of living, much less, rising property prices, have made life extremely difficult for many people and much worse, the youth in this country. If there ever was a time for wanting to make a difference and having meaning in your life, this is it and it is now urgent that we truly come together to turn our hopeless situation around. By Nimroth Gwetsa, 31 December 2019. Continue reading

#INVEST IN YOUR FUTURE – #ADVICE TO THE #YOUTH TO ACHIEVE #PROSPERITY

If indeed “life begins at forty”, how do we describe events of the preceding period?

I like working with people of all age groups: young and old. Each group has unique qualities and shortcomings. Accepting that “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks”, I am compelled to turn my attention to the supposedly teachable, yet ignorant younglings unwilling to learn those new tricks.

Life can be cruel sometimes: to older people, it has given them the benefit of hindsight. But such wisdom is limited by their physical strength preventing them from correcting lifelong mistakes made; to youngsters it has given them good, strong and healthy bodies, but also the illusion of a sense of invincibility and know-it-all. The illusion remains for many a youth that living without a plan is more rewarding.

Such contradiction is there by design and is meant to ensure there is continuous dialogue and dependence among the different age groups. We’d be foolish to ignore our diverse inherent strengths and benefits of collaboration.

This article is my contribution to helping the youth improve their investment in their future. By Nimroth Gwetsa, 20 August 2015. Continue reading