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Over Half of SA Youth Unemployed: Mashatile Declares ‘Moral Emergency’
- Deputy President Paul Mashatile delivered the main speech at the Youth Day commemoration held on June 16, 2025, at North West University’s Rag Farm Stadium in Potchefstroom.
- The event honored the 1976 Soweto Uprising and was preceded by community demonstrations calling for increased employment opportunities and improved public services amid youth unemployment reaching 46.1%.
- Mashatile highlighted a government strategy to combat youth unemployment involving public-private partnerships, skills development, and youth economic emancipation under the theme 'Skills for the Changing World'.
- The Presidential Youth Employment Initiative has enrolled over 4.7 million young individuals nationwide and generated more than 1.6 million opportunities for income, while a learnership program in the North West aims to train close to 2,000 youth in agricultural skills.
- Mashatile called youth unemployment a moral emergency requiring coordinated efforts from government, private sector, and civil society to accelerate interventions and bridge skills gaps.
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