ANCYL calls for youth unemployment to be declared national disaster
The total number of unemployed young people between the ages of 15 and 34 has reached five million.
The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) is urging President Cyril Ramaphosa to declare youth unemployment a national disaster, labeling the situation as an emergency demanding immediate action. Currently, five million young individuals aged 15 to 34 are unemployed, with a youth unemployment rate of 47.4%. At a press conference in Johannesburg, ANCYL President Collen Malatji urged the government to implement emergency measures akin to those utilized during the COVID-19 pandemic to combat youth unemployment.
He emphasized that the consequences of unemployment are dire, likening it to the state of a deceased person, and called for swift, decisive action to address the issue.
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