Harmony invests in youth education
Harmony is investing in our country’s youth through education to enable them to survive, thrive, transform our world.
Harmony is investing in our country’s youth through education to enable them to survive, thrive, transform our world.
Statistics South Africa released its figures for the second quarter of 2022 last week, recording an official unemployment rate of 33,9%.
The fact that almost two-thirds of young South Africans don’t have any fixed meaningful employment is often referred to as a ticking time bomb by our politicians – and for good reason.
SA unemployment rate jumped to 35.3% in Q4 2021, with the number of people unemployed rising by 688,000 over past year.
There is much good being done by South Africans – often in spite of official directives rather than because of them. Take the example of Anthony Krijger.
An email received yesterday from community member Mike du Toit picked up on the new finance minister’s approach to youth unemployment.
The first generation of South Africans to have lived free of apartheid, also known as ‘born frees’, are trapped in the country’s worst ever youth unemployment.
Prior to the pandemic the unemployment rate (including people who had given up looking for work) was just under 70% for people aged 15 to 24.
In this well-crafted argument, respected thought leader Ann Bernstein, explains how such rationality has played out in an economy where history and misguided political ideology has stacked the odds against new entrants.
Hardly an acceptable trade-off when most young South African’s anthem is Sifuna Umsebenzi. Or, to steal a Johnny Clegg line; ‘there’s a jobless army on the march.’