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Asanda Luwaca is the first female Chief Executive Chairperson of the NYDA board of directors in 28 years since the organization was formed.

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Asanda Luwaca is the Chairperson of the NYDA. She was born on the 6th of October, in the eastern region of Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni (formerly known as East Rand). she later moved to Cape Town (where she is currently living) to find a job to support her family.

Educational background
She attended University of Johannesburg, where she completed her BA in Politics. She later went to further her studies at the University of South Africa (UNISA) where she did her BA Honors in political science.

Career

Before being chosen as the new Chairperson of the NYDA by the President of South Africa in December of 2021, Asanda worked in a lot of programs in her community, she also did modelling, promotional jobs, waitressing, worked at a library, and did everything she could to sustain herself while trying to find employment in line with what she studied. "In 2015, I started my formal employment as an intern in the communications department at the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection, and then I became a research assistant before moving to parliament, where I was a researcher as well", says Asanda

NYDA

President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed the new board of the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA), on the 10th of November with Asanda being the newly elected Chief Executive Chairperson.

The NYDA is a South African-based agency established primarily to address challenges faced by the nation’s youth. The Agency was established by an Act of Parliament (Act 54 of 2008). The institution was established to be a single, unitary structure addressing youth development issues at National, Provincial and Local Government level. The Agency should be seen within the broad context of South Africa’s development dynamics. The Agency derives its mandate from the legislative frameworks, including the National Youth Development Agency Act, 2008 (Act 54 of 2008) (NYDA Act), the National Development Plan 2030, the National Youth Policy 2030 and the draft Integrated Youth Development Strategy (IYDS). The Agency assumed and improved the operational platform developed by the merger of the National Youth Commission and the Umsobomvu Youth Fund, which rendered the Agency operational with immediate effect. In addition, the staff component of its predecessors was also incorporated into the NYDA

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