DUMA GQUBULE: Long-term plan for jobs urgently needed
As political parties prepare for the election, they must understand the scale of the jobs crisis
30 January 2024 - 05:00
After 30 wasted years of ANC misrule, during which the economy performed dismally, SA has the world’s highest unemployment rate.
During the third quarter of 2023 there were 11.7-million people who did not work, and the unemployment rate was 41.2%. SA is now at a crossroads, and as Mark Heywood, head of political strategy at Change Starts Now, says: “The polling we have done shows that the number one issue for every voter in the country way above everything else is jobs.” ..
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