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Youth Engagement Session

Free State Department of Economic, Small Business Development, Tourism and Environmental AffairsRef: https://www.destea.gov.za/?p=9596

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Collected on 8 July 2026

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What this means

This document is a webpage-style news item titled “Youth Engagement Session” on the Free State government online departments site. It reports that hundreds of youth from Mangaung Metro Municipality and Xhariep District gathered at the Grassland Community Hall in Bloemfontein for a youth engagement session led by the Minister for Small Business Development, Ms. Stella Tembisa Ndabeni, with Free State Premier Ms. MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae and other MECs and municipal leadership in attendance. The session is described as responding to youth challenges in Mangaung, including high unemployment, limited access to information, and restricted entry into economic opportunities. The page is dated July 6, 2026 and notes that comments are closed.

Facts

Places

Free State, Mangaung

Reference

https://www.destea.gov.za/?p=9596

Key Takeaways

  • Title: Youth Engagement Session
  • Date: July 6, 2026
  • Location: Grassland Community Hall, Bloemfontein
  • Participants: youth from Mangaung Metro Municipality and Xhariep District
  • Led by: Minister for Small Business Development, Ms. Stella Tembisa Ndabeni
  • Accompanied by: Free State Premier Ms. MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae
  • Other officials: MEC for Finance, Economic Development and Tourism Mr. Ketso Makume; MEC for Public Works and Infrastructure Ms. Dibolelo Mance; Mangaung Metro Municipality Speaker Cllr Lawrence Bongani Mathae
  • Purpose: address youth challenges (high unemployment, limited access to information, restricted entry into economic opportunities)
  • Comments: closed
  • Ms. Stella Tembisa Ndabeni
  • Ms. MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae
  • Mr. Ketso Makume
  • Ms. Dibolelo Mance
  • Cllr Lawrence Bongani Mathae
  • Mangaung Metro Municipality
  • Xhariep District
  • Grassland Community Hall
  • Bloemfontein
  • Minister for Small Business Development
  • Free State Premier
  • MEC for Finance, Economic Development and Tourism
  • MEC for Public Works and Infrastructure
  • Mangaung Metro Municipality Speaker

Dates

Closing Date

6 July 2026