Youth Employment Service (YES) Programme 2026/2027 for young South Africans – Opportunities For Africans

Application Deadline: 9 February 2026.

Applications are actually open for the 2026/2027 Nedbank: Youth Employment Service (YES) Programme. The YES (Youth Employment Service) Programme is a business-led collaboration with authorities to cut back unemployment by offering youth with a chance to develop new abilities and acquire significant office expertise, which in flip will considerably enhance their possibilities of discovering long-term future employment.

Requirements

South African youth who:

• are between 18 and 29 years previous as of 1 May 2026 (born between 2 May 1997 and 1 May 2008);
• have at the very least a Matric (Grade 12) qualification; or
• have efficiently accomplished a post-matric qualification at one of many following ranges:

  NQF Level 5 (Higher Certificate)
  NQF Level 6 (Diploma)
  NQF Level 7 (Advanced Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree)•are presently unemployed;

• are South African-born African, Coloured or Indian residents in step with the BBBEE Act definition of ‘black people’; and
• haven’t participated in a YES Programme with one other organisation earlier than.

Program Details

• Nedbank YES youth will likely be contracted for 12 months to achieve high quality work expertise.
• The YES Programme just isn’t a learnership, internship or apprenticeship programme.
• The programme is earmarked to begin on 01 May 2026.

Benefits

• Nedbank YES youth will obtain a month-to-month stipend guided by the YES Programme.
• A stipend is financial assist to assist a person pay for residing, meals and travel-related bills.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Nedbank: Youth Employment Service (YES) Programme