GNU faces mammoth task to create more job opportunities: Gwarube

Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube says the government of national unity (GNU) has a mammoth task of ensuring that more job opportunities are created for the country’s youth.

She says it is heartbreaking that many young graduates are still unemployed.

Gwarube was part of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s engagement with beneficiaries of the Presidential Youth programme in Pretoria.

“It’s heartbreaking, and that is the reality of our unemployment crisis in SA. There are people who are educated, who find themselves applying just to be educators’ assistants. And it’s heartbreaking because those people should be in full-time employment. And so, we celebrate this opportunity for young people to be able to be upskilled and be in places of work for six months.

“But ultimately, this is not the permanent solution. The permanent solution is for young people to find work. That seven out of 10 young people who are without work today is an indictment and we have to work harder as the seventh administration to create jobs and permanent employment for people.”

 President Ramaphosa engages with the Youth Employment Intervention