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[TOP STORY] Youth jobs available but skills lacking

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‘We need to have the resilience, we need to have the constant flexibility of upskilling, reskilling through e-learning predominantly so that we are ready for the world economy, not only for our South African economy,’ says director of nonprofit youth@WORK, Erica Kempken.

3 Jul 2023 8AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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