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Youth Skills Are South Africa’s Competitive Edge In A Global Economy | SA News

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South Africa does not have a youth potential problem. It has a skills alignment problem—worsened by geography and legacy.

Young people in South Africa are not just unemployed; they are unequally positioned in an economy where opportunity is concentrated in urban centres, while vast numbers in rural and previously disadvantaged areas are excluded from the infrastructure needed to prepare for the modern labour market. As the global economy accelerates toward clean energy, automation, and digitalisation, too many of our youth are being left behind by the skills bus.

At CHIETA, we are changing this. Through the rollout of Smart Skills Centres in Saldanha Bay (Western Cape),…

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