Kaya 959 Careers Corner

The learning-to-earning gap driving Youth Unemployment

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Youth unemployment has climbed to 45.8%, but the crisis starts long before the job search. Prof. Linda Meyer unpacks early‑childhood failures, literacy gaps, misaligned qualifications, the experience trap, and why four government departments share responsibility but none share accountability. A deep dive into SA’s broken learning‑to‑earning pipeline.
18 May English South Africa Education

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