Think Growth Foundation in partnership with SARS, EKHC and City of Johannesburg are inviting young people who are inspiring entrepreneurs or are already in business, to a business simulation and entrepreneurship program which will be held at Diepkloof Hall on June 13.

The three months program is aimed at equipping young people with practical business management, training and funding opportunities.

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A total of 26 local business owners will get the opportunity to turn their business idea into successful and sustainable businesses, and hopefully be able to minimise unemployed issues in our country.

With the South Africa’s official unemployment rate rising to 32.7 percent in the first quarter of 2026, up from 31.4 percent in Q4 2025, leaving about 8.1 million people unemployed the chairperson of Think Growth Foundation, Maria Namusa is confident that their program will bring change in the lives of Diepkloof entrepreneurs.

” As a lot of youngsters now face the reality of being unemployed for a long period of time, we are here to encourage them to start their own businesses because the jobs in our country are very scarce and this is the reality our country is currently in,” Namusa said.