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UNEMPLOYMENT

Marginalisation of youth from economy needs urgent action

South Africa’s unemployment rate in the first quarter of 2023 was recorded at 32.9%, being the highest in the world. Furthermore, a recently released World Bank report confirmed South Africa to be the most unequal society in the world out of 164 countries explored in the report.

This World Bank report affirmed race to be an important determinant in wealth and education attainment in South Africa. While the guns of our South African freedom fighters were aimed at freedom for the majority population,

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