Nov 28, 2023 | In the news, Press
Young South Africans are not only joining an ever-growing long queue of unemployment, they are also the most vulnerable to losing their jobs once they enter the labour market. Data shows that South Africa struggles to create jobs for young people. Of the 784,000 jobs...
Nov 14, 2023 | Press, Statements
The latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey for Quarter 3 of 2023, released Tuesday 14 November 2023, indicates that 8.9 million young people between the ages of 15 and 34 years old are unemployed, and that 9.1 million young people are Not in Education, Employment or...
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...
Feb 22, 2023 | Blog, Transitions, Uncategorised
As an advocacy campaign focused on young people’s roadblocks to employment, Youth Capital regularly speak to South Africans about the factors holding them back from finding economic opportunities; but we also realised that small business owners are also coming up...
Oct 24, 2022 | Blog, Transitions
According to the latest GenNext Youth Behaviour Report, young people represent a sizable market in South Africa; not only for their spending power, but also for their influencing role in shaping their household’s spending power. With the median age of South...
