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 Possible solutions to South Africa's Youth Unemployment 



South Africa has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world exacerbated by the worldwide pandemic. More people are now out of work that at any other time in the history of our democracy. Here are some solutions to the unemployment in South Africa. The youth unemployment rate is currently 46,3%. This means that the majority of young people are out of work, this has very negative consequences as it affects the future of our country. Let’s look at some solutions that might help to solve this crisis



The government should introduce programs that will equip the youth with useful and practical skills. Much of the focus is preparing the youth for jobs but very little attention is given to preparing the youth to be self-sufficient and future employers. We have a lot of unemployed graduates in South Africa, the government should prioritize giving the youth skills that they can immediately apply upon certification. These should be skills that don’t require one to be an employee of a company before applying them. 


We have a lot of unemployed graduates in South Africa, the government should prioritize giving the youth skills that they can immediately apply upon certification. These should be skills that don’t require one to be an employee of a company before applying them. With these skills, a lot of people will be able to try and find gigs and that will hopefully be enough to put food on the table. We have placed our focus on obtaining fancy sounding degrees that are firstly not in much demand and secondly; require us to be employed in order to apply our skills. Teach the youth how to farm, repair items and craft their own products.


The government can’t employ everyone, we need a thriving private sector to employ all the unemployed people. There are so many red tapes when it comes to doing business in South Africa. The government should remove all this bureaucracy and make it easier for the average guy to start a business and succeed. The main reason why most people are fearful of starting businesses is because we have such a high failure rate of start-ups in South Africa. Over 80% of new businesses fail within 2 years, that’s a lot. Strengthening the private sector is directly strengthening the economy.


This part requires the government to actually do its job, government spending has a way of stimulating the economy. The government employs thousands of people when it funds the building of new infrastructure. The government should build more roads and get things like water and electricity accessible to poorer areas of our country. By so doing, they will need labour and will hire a lot of people. Stimulating the economy through government spending is often a temporary solution, to solve the unemployment crisis; we need to strengthen the private sector.


These are solutions to solving the unemployment crisis in South Africa. Unemployment is a very sensitive and complex matter that the government should constantly work towards solving. Do you have any thoughts or questions? Please comment below.

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  1. MR KENNEDY Matsika22 September 2021 at 05:06

    A very insightful content. 🤝🏼

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  2. Thabang Sithole22 September 2021 at 11:51

    My Suggestion is that the government should also help in stepping helping the NGOs in our community with funding, as some of them their only restriction is funding as they are running great programmes to help the unemployed youth with certain skills

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