Today, Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga, alongside the Executive Chairperson of the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA), Dr Sunshine Myende, and the Chief Executive Officer of TETA, Ms Maphefo Anno-Frempong, will preside over the TETA/NYDA Last Mile Delivery Skills and Employment Programme Graduation and Scooter Handover Ceremony at the Olive Convention Centre in Durban.
The event celebrates 68 young graduates from across KwaZulu-Natal who have successfully completed the programme and are being equipped with skills, certification and tools to participate meaningfully in the transport, logistics and digital delivery economy.
1 DAY TO GO 🌾
Tomorrow, Minister Sindisiwe Lydia Chikunga (Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities) and Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso (Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development) will be in uMshwathi for the:
G20 Legacy Programme: A National Event on Rural Economy and the Empowerment of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Details: • Date: Friday, 14 November 2025 • Time: 09h00 • Venue: Mehlwenkosi Sports Field, Ward 11, uMshwathi Local Municipality • Local hosts: Mayor Mandla Zondi (uMshwathi LM) and District Mayor Cllr Mzi Zuma (uMgungundlovu District)
Why this partnership matters • Strengthens coordination between economic inclusion and land reform • Expands market access, credit pathways and enterprise support for rural women, youth and persons with disabilities • Connects rural communities to agricultural value chains and land opportunities • Localises South Africa’s G20 EWWG priorities: Care Economy, Financial Inclusion and ending GBVF • Ensures that rural voices inform national and G20 policy processes
What to expect • Rural Women’s Trade Fair • Dialogue on Financial Inclusion • Partnerships between government, private sector and communities • A focus on taking G20 to the people and building inclusive rural economies
Disability Rights Awareness Month 2025 Launch 🇿🇦
Catching some inputs from the staff at the Supported Employment Enterprise in Kimberly.
The colleagues shared with us what they do in the production line 👩🏽🏭 but also during their tea breaks 😉
3 Nov 2025
🇿🇦 Disability Rights Awareness Month Launch at the Supported Employment Enterprises, Kimberley
The Minister in the Presidency responsible for Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) Sindisiwe Chikunga and the Premier of Northern Cape, Dr Zamani Saul, toured the different workshop of the Supported Employment Enterprises. This organisation is established to provide job opportunities for persons with disabilities and producing quality furniture and public service garments, linen and uniforms currently has 1000 employees. The Premier announced that the province put in an order for 5000 school desks and plans to expand to employ 3000 persons with disabilities.
🇿🇦 🇿🇼 30 Oct 2025 | Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre, Johannesburg
Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga together with DG Maluleke and officials have a bilateral meeting with Minister Monica Mutsyangwa of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development in Zimbabwe; to exchange learnings from endeavours as GBVF Response Fund in South Africa and Care Centres in Zimbabwe.
🇿🇦 🇨🇳 30 Oct 2025 | Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre, Johannesburg
Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga together with DG Maluleke and officials have a bilateral meeting with H.E Huang Xiaowei who currently serves as the Minister and Deputy Head of the National Working Committee on Children and Women of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China to plan further learning and programmatic support with the G20 EWWG and the legacy projects.
Out of this bilateral the All China Women’s Federation committed R2.5 million towards the Disability Nerve Centre, a legacy project of our G20 EWWG Chairship.
30 Oct 2025 | Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre, Johannesburg
Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga together with DG Maluleke and officials have a bilateral meeting with UN Women to thank the organisation for their ongoing support with the G20 EWWG and the legacy projects.
🇿🇦🌍Radisson Hotel, Johannesburg
12:30 | 30 Oct 2025
DWYPD Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga and UN AIDS in partnership with the Government of Brazil hosted the G20 EWWG Ministerial Luncheon and Roundtable on HIV. The theme of the engagement is “From Latin America and the Caribbean to Africa: A South-South dialogue on gender-transformative financing for Health and HIV”.
