More than three out of five young people in SA have no internet access at home
Gauteng’s youths are the best off but still only half have internet access at home, while more than 70% of Limpopo’s youth lack such access
If you are a young South African reading this story online at home‚ you are one of the lucky few who have that luxury. A whopping 63% of youths in SA do not have internet access at home‚ according to the University of Cape Town’s newly launched Youth Explorer portal. This is reinforcing the lines that separate opportunity from the cycles of poverty. Gugulethu resident and job seeker Bathandwa Tshabalala said: "If you can’t look for a job online at home‚ you have to go somewhere else to use the internet‚ if you even know how to use it. Or you must go from business to business looking for a job‚ not even knowing where vacancies exist. "If you don’t have a job‚ how do you get money for transport to go out looking? You get stuck. I do have it at home but we only got it a year ago and the difference is big." Gauteng is the only province where those with access are in the majority — 48% of youth lack internet at home. In the Eastern Cape lack of access is dire, at 76%. Many other province...
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