Applications for Phase IV of the Presidential Youth Employment Initiative will take place next month.
The Department of Basic Education calls on all youth of South Africa who are in the ages between 18 and 34 to register on sayouth.mobi which is the online recruitment system that is used by government to manage youth unemployment.

 The system is zero rated and does not require data. The system improves transparency, reduce bias, subjectivity and non-compliance to the requirements of the initiative. 

The pre-application window will be open from 5 September 2022 until 16 October 2022, which will give every young person six weeks to place their application, in a fair and open system. Of the six weeks, the first three weeks are for the young person to prepare themselves by gathering all documents and information required. 

The applications officially open for all young South Africans from 26 September 2022 and will close on 16 October 2022. This provides the youth of South Africa three weeks to place their application on sayouth.mobi. 

The Presidential Youth Employment Initiative (PYEI) implemented in the Basic Education sector Phase III will conclude at the 31 August 2022 with NO EXTENSION. 

The Presidential Youth Employment Initiative in the Basic Education sector enters the fourth Phase in 2023. 

The Presidency, the Department of Basic Education and Provincial Education Departments wish to extend their gratitude to all the youth that participated in Phase II and III of the Presidential Youth Employment Initiative (PYEI) in the Basic Education sector. 

The youth are encouraged to continue using the skills, competencies and knowledge that were acquired through this initiative. The Ministry wants to wish you well in your future plans.