https:\/\/www.csir.co.za\/careers<\/a> to find out more information about opportunities offered by the CSIR.<\/p>\n\u201cSciences is not always the first option when it comes to choosing careers, but it is an important avenue and we need scientists for the future,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He called on the public to take the COVID-19 vaccine while emphasising its safety as trials were conducted.<\/p>\n
The vaccines have been tested in large trials and subjected to a rigorous approval process by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority and by a number of health authorities around the world.<\/p>\n
South Africa is currently in the second phase of the vaccination programme, targeting the balance of health workers who were not vaccinated during the first phase, and all those in the country who are over 60 years of age.<\/p>\n
During the lockdown, the Agape Youth Movement worked closely with the Department of Basic Education to provide support to children who might have been vulnerable as they were not in school.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe rolled out a series of online dialogues with children focusing on raising awareness on some of the psychosocial social support systems that are available for them. These were hosted at numerous provinces.<\/p>\n
\u201cLearner interacted with government, civil society and the private sector. Through these initiatives we gave learners a voice about how they found the pandemic and how their needs and interests should be fulfilled,\u201d Managing Director of the movement Matsetsebale Tleane said.<\/p>\n
Currently the Agape Youth Movement is rolling out an online life skills programme that learners attend over a period of 18 days.<\/p>\n
Learners receive training on leadership skills, communication skills, bullying, gender-based violence (GBV) and navigating online spaces safely.<\/p>\n
This programme is being implemented in partnership with the Department of Basic Education, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Media Monitoring Africa, the South African Police Service (SAPS) and Google SA. \u2013 SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research\u2019s (CSIR) Postdoctoral Researcher, Dr Advaita Singh, has encouraged the youth to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the CSIR. \u201cThe CSIR offers a number of opportunities for people whether it is to study at universities through bursaries or shadowing one of our scientists,\u201d Singh said on Thursday. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-190928","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-sanews","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}