South african youth council support community with what​

Chief amongst its function is to mobilise youth organisations to ensure their participation in building and entrenching democracy in South Africa. Youth challenges include rural-urban poverty, unemployment, rapid urbanisation etc.

South African Youth Council (SAYC) is a voluntary civil society youth organisation that represents the interests and aspirations of various youth organisations affiliated to it. It caters for a broad range of youth organisations from all walks of life and it’s categories of representation includes, but not limited to, political, youth, students, religious, cultural, sporting and voluntary youth orgaisations.

SAYC derives it’s existence as a common law organisation that has been incorporated not for gain and it is therefore recognised in law in terms of the Non-profit Organisations Act No. 71 of 1997 in that it is a separate entity from the members which constitute it, that it has a continuous existence, and that it has been incorporated not for gain.

SAYC as a civil society organistaion and a non-governmental youth organisation remains the largest youth representatives in terms of its affiliates and the wide spectrum of youth these affiliates represents. Our engagement with SAYC is therefore highly critical. Chief amongst its function is to mobilise youth organisations to ensure their participation in building and entrenching democracy in South Africa.