South Africa’s youth unemployment crisis requires a comprehensive, multi-sectoral approach that combines digital infrastructure to support education, psychosocial support and fundamental shifts in employer attitudes. Telkom Group chief of corporate affairs, Mpho McNamee “While there are many pressing challenges in South Africa today, the need to invest in our youth remains a very high priority,”…
South Africa’s youth unemployment rate reached 62.4% in the first quarter of 2025 — the highest in three years. While joblessness grows, the country faces a widening gap in high-level digital skills, with an estimated 77,000 critical roles unfilled and over 300,000 tech jobs outsourced abroad. Image supplied Digital skills gap blocks economic opportunity Despite…
South Africa is celebrating National Youth Day on 16 June. As South Africa prepares to commemorate National Youth Day on 16 June, the spirit of innovation and empowerment is taking centre stage across the country. This year’s celebrations not only honour the brave youth of 1976 who stood against apartheid during the Soweto Uprising, but…
