Mar 10, 2023 | In the news, Press
Following the release of the latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey for the last Quarter of 2022, Kristal Duncan Williams, Project Lead at Youth Capital, spoke to Lester Kiewit on Good Morning Cape Town to comment on the marginal drop in unemployment. Kristal reflected...
Feb 24, 2023 | In the news, Press
‘Young people were mentioned four times during the State of the Nation Address 2023, even though unemployment was mentioned as one of the main crisis to be tackled’ said Youth Capital’s Project Lead Kristal Duncan-Williams in her conversation with...
May 13, 2022 | In the news, Press
Insights from Youth Capital’s latest research report ‘Beyond the Cost’ show that eight out of 10 people in South Africa have to spread their constrained funds between finding a job and buying groceries. The research report was based on an online...
Nov 23, 2021 | In the news
With over 9 million young people not in employment, education and training, it’s critical that we identify and scale solutions that clear the roadblocks to employment. One of these roadblocks is the cost attached to looking for opportunities; a study from 2019...
Sep 15, 2021 | In the news
Looking for work as a young person is expensive. A study from 2016 reported that young people spend around R500 on data, transport and printing when looking for opportunities. According to data from The Knowledge Trust, 7 out of 10 young people missed an interview...
