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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Thanks for this article – it has opened my eyes to the possibilities in my life.
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Fun South African Fact: The waters surrounding the 2,500km long coastline are teeming with life. You’ll find great white sharks, African penguins, dolphins and much much more in South Africa’s oceans. Many travellers visit the coast to watch the annual whale migrations. In Hermanus, in the Western Cape, you can see hundreds of whales from June to late November. Simon’s Town, another coastal Western Cape town, is home to Boulder’s Beach. Here you can swim alongside colonies of African Penguins!