JOHANNESBURG - Stats SA says youth unemployment remains incredibly elevated as the cohort between the ages of 15 and 34 scrambles to get a salaries.
This comes as the country’s official unemployment rate ticked up to 32.1%, which is 0.2% higher than the previous quarter.SA's official unemployment rate hits 32.1% Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke admitted that young people remained vulnerable in the labour market. “One of the things we know is that the unemployment rate for young people is sitting at 59.4% - far higher than the national average of 31.2%.”Unemployed youth with a matric certificate are double that figure – while youth with less than a matric are four times that figure.
Tackling job unemployment remains at the centre of electioneering by some political parties in the run- up the upcoming general elections.