DUMA GQUBULE: The government does not care about youth joblessness
Despite numerous policies implemented the number of youths without jobs has still increased
07 March 2023 - 05:00
UPDATED 07 March 2023 - 10:32
SA’s youth unemployment crisis is a ticking time-bomb that could trigger an uprising such as the Soweto riots of 1976 or the Arab Spring of the early 2010s. The latter was a wave of protests in North Africa and the Middle East that toppled governments.
Except for a brief period from 2003 to 2008, the government’s economic policies have done nothing for youth unemployment. The truth is that it does not care. ..
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