Youth unemployment
OPINION: Will politicians still benefit from young voters while neglecting them?
What do we do when we are not taken seriously but treated as a disposable population from which votes are conveniently harvested come election time?
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TESSA DOOMS: Leadership - not money - will solve our youth unemployment problem
Many programmes focus on getting youth ready for the world of work; perhaps it is time for the world of work to adapt to the youth, writes Tessa Dooms.
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FACT CHECK: Does SA have the world’s ‘worst levels’ of youth unemployment?
As the country looks to repair the economic damage caused by Covid-19 and the national lockdown, concerns about unemployment have risen.
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Youth unemployment: How do we defuse a ticking time bomb?
EWN senior reporter Nthakoana Ngatane in conversation with NYDA CEO Waseem Carrim, YES CEO Tashmia Ismail-Saville, and Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute's Danita Hingston on Inside EWN: The Round Table. This week's discussion: Youth unemployment: How do we defuse a ticking time bomb?
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10.3m young people in SA not in employment, education, or training - Stats SA
The number of discouraged work-seekers in the country has increased by close to 500,000, while the total number of people who are not economically active for other reasons increased to 5.6 million between the first and second quarter of the year.
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Q1 employment stats see 8.5 million SA youth without jobs
The unemployment rate increased by 1 percentage point from 29.1% by December 2019.
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Stats SA report reveals young people still vulnerable to unemployment
The statistics organisation has released it’s the results on the education and labour market outcomes in South Africa for 2018.
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Ramaphosa expected to announce measures to tackle youth unemployment
President Ramaphosa said that the high youth unemployment rate was unacceptable.
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Ramaphosa promises more jobs for young people at pre-Sona event
He was speaking at a National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) event in Cape Town ahead of his State of the Nation Address on Thursday evening.
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Youth unemployment a big concern for SA, says labour analyst
Statistics South Africa on Tuesday announced the country's official unemployment rate had remained at 29.1% in the fourth quarter last year - the highest since 2008.
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Makhura vows to equip young people with skills for 4th Industrial Revolution
Gauteng Premier David Makhura said the province is heeding the call by President Cyril Ramaphosa to get the country ready for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
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In quotes: 7 of Cyril Ramaphosa’s promises to reform South Africa
EWN has compiled some of Cyril Ramaphosa’s top quotes since taking over from former President Jacob Zuma last year.
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WC Social Development Dept to extend internships to get youth off streets
Young people will be exposed to various career opportunities pertaining to the hospitality industry, social work and the film industry.
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Ramaphosa prioritises youth skills development to defeat poverty
Ramaphosa says through improving the standards of education, the country enable young people to have better prospects of success in the future.
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Unemployed KZN graduates march to Union Buildings to demand jobs
They say that they want the government to come up with solutions to tackle the rising unemployment rate.
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Nedlac hopeful two-day job summit will yield positive results
There have been concerns of whether this summit will come up with tangible solutions with the South African Federation of Trade Unions saying it won’t be attending.
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Final plans in place for job summit
The two-day summit is another attempt by president Cyril Ramaphosa to stimulate growth.
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Ramaphosa calls for waiver of experience as requirement for young graduates
The National Youth Development Agency chairperson Sifiso Mtsweni made the call to the president ahead of his address.
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Youth unemployment now at top of national agenda
The president says government is aware that many young people are without jobs.
