The unemployment crisis demands a social compact across all stakeholders and institutions – to shift the levers that can accelerate youth economic inclusion, at scale. Our CEO, Kasthuri Soni says in Daily Maverick that there are the stories behind the statistics, giving excellent examples of where the private sector has taken the lead to drive towards collective action to help solve our youth employment crisis.

Source: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-11-24-youth-unemployment-no-silver-bullets-no-scapegoats/. Published 24 November 2022.

Photo: Gallo Images / Phill Magakoe. Unemployed graduates from KwaZulu-Natal and Pretoria gather at Burgers Park before marching to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to hand over a memorandum to officials demanding that the government find solutions to rising unemployment. 

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