Two out of every three youth in South Africa are unemployed, despite various plans to address this. To date, just over 80,000 of the 1 million jobs targeted have been created. Youth Capital Project Lead, Kristal Duncan-Williams, Youth Employment Service Chief Executive Officer, Ravi Naidoo, and Youth Head at RLabs Taryn Abrahams discuss what else is needed to promote solutions that support young people to remain economically engaged with Thabo Mdluli on Newzroom Afrika.
Looking for work is a barrier young people face on their journey to becoming economically engaged.
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