The latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey from Statistics South Africa shows that roughly 6 in 10 young people aged 15–24 who are economically active cannot find work, while about 40% of those aged 25–34 are unemployed.
In the Western Cape, a province that is usually regarded as one of the country’s stronger provincial economies, youth unemployment rates consistently hovering well above 30% depending on age group and definition used. Researchers have repeatedly warned that prolonged joblessness at a young age has long term effects, lower lifetime earnings, reduced skills accumulation and diminished long-term wellbeing.
Recent research on youth unemployment in the Western Cape…
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Desert Haze
Van der Merwe goes to Paris to watch the Boks take on the Brits at the world cup.
Whilst in Paris, he walks around, gaping and staring at everything – so much so that he walks smack bang into a fire hydrant which hits him so hard on the family jewels that he has to be rushed to hospital where the doctors tell him they have to remove his testicles.
Van goes berserk, he bites and snarls at every one and he won\’t let anybody within 10 metres of him. Eventually they find a South African doctor in the hospital and get him to talk to Van.
He walks up to Van and tells him \”Hey Van, die ouens moet jou knaters uithaal.\”
Van replies \”O, okay, ek dog die bliksems wil my test tickets vat.\”