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Accra Maweya ntlhari.accra@gmail.com @ntlhari_accra
The issue of unemployment is not something new in South
Africa, it has been a major challenge that government has been fighting to
reduce for many years. In the past our fathers would have to leave their homes
to Gauteng all in search for a better source of income to provide for their
families at home. Back then employment wasn’t determined by your level of
education but by the skills life has forced you to learn like hard labour.
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South African president by SA people news |
Since 1994 we have been
raised to believe that education holds the key to success. In order to get a
good job one needs to have gone to school or some form of qualification but the
number of unemployed college and university graduates is hard to comprehend.
On the 19th of February
2018, the newly elected president of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa gave his
speech at the state of the nation address. He states that young people are
already forming a greater proportion of the labour force on the infrastructure
projects and are the primary beneficiaries of programmes such as the
installation of solar water heaters and the war on leaks.
He said the government will be working in partnership
with business, organised labour and community representatives to creating
opportunities for young people to be exposed to the world of work through
internships, apprenticeships, mentorship and entrepreneurship to draw young
people in far greater numbers into productive economic activity through
programmes such as the Employment Tax Incentive.
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photo: SA people news |
In March the government will launch the” Youth Employment
Service initiative which will place unemployed youth in paid internships in
companies across the economy. The government aims to create a million such
internships in the next three years.
The news of a more sustainable plan to create jobs for
the youth and other empowerment programs aimed at the youth were received
positively by majority of the youth in South Africa. People expressed their joy
all over social media from the time Cyril Ramaphosa won the ANC presidency
elections in December last year to when the former South African president
Jacob Zuma announced his resignation on valentines day.
Oratile mhlongo says “he thinks Cyril Ramaphosa will
bring change to the economy, he will be able to create and govern better
because he is already a good business man.”
Although the news brought joy to some, there are still a
few people who are not anti- Cyril but they simply don’t think much will change
about government.
“Many presidents have been preaching of job creation yet
there are still not enough jobs in South Africa but we hope for the best” says
kagiso Mashilo.
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