The unemployment rate hit an unprecedented high of 30.1% in the first quarter, with nearly 9-million of the country’s youth out of work.
In 2018, President Cyril Ramaphosa promised to tackle youth unemployment via his Youth Employment Service (YES) initiative, but the Covid-19 pandemic has thrown a spanner in the works.
Business Day TV spoke to YES CEO Tashmia Ismail-Saville for more on the deepening crisis.
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The unemployment rate hit an unprecedented high of 30.1% in the first quarter, with nearly 9-million of the country’s youth out of work.
In 2018, President Cyril Ramaphosa promised to tackle youth unemployment via his Youth Employment Service (YES) initiative, but the Covid-19 pandemic has thrown a spanner in the works.
Business Day TV spoke to YES CEO Tashmia Ismail-Saville for more on the deepening crisis.
CEO of the YES Program Tashmia Ismail-Saville talks to Business Day TV about the country's unemployment crisis
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