LOOKING for a job is hard. And most of them are advertised online, making it difficult for jobseekers who have no data to apply.
Zintle Siyolo (20) from Gugulethu, Cape Town, started a Facebook page last year called African Unemployed Movement to help jobseekers.
She passed matric in 2018, but never furthered her studies as she didn’t have money. She wanted to be a police officer.
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Last year, Zintle worked as a teacher’s assistant, and had internet access.
“I started helping people by searching for jobs for them and shared them on Facebook,” she said.
Her page now has more than 19 000 followers.
“The page has already helped so many people and I’m happy to bring change in communities.”
Godfrey Pandeka (31) is doing the same in Limpopo.
He got a job at Mopani TVET College in 2018 after a long struggle of job-hunting, so he knows how painful it is to be a graduate and battle to find a job.
“When I got the job and had access to the internet, I used it to help others. This is part of me giving back,” he said.
He revamps CVs and cover letters for unemployed graduates for free.
