Breaking Barriers February 2020
The familiar promise of more – more schooling, more skills, more training – no longer leads to more opportunity for South Africa’s youth.
Breaking Barriers October 2019
South Africa has one of the highest youth unemployment rates in the world.
We must equip young people to bounce back into work
Conventional wisdom assumes that if a young person can just get a first job, they will stay in work. Recent research shows this is not the case. Our labour markets look more like a trampoline than we think: inexperienced work-seekers often fall out of and bounce back...
What does nail polish and weightlifting have to do with inclusion?
‘If you can just get more skills, you’ll have a leg up on opportunity.’ This familiar promise is not holding true for a ballooning generation of young Africans. The world over, there is a growing consensus that today’s education is not delivering for tomorrow’s jobs....