Ramaphosa unveils jobs plans for SA youth
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER FACED with the highest youth unemployment in South Africa’s history, at 64%, the country’s president has announced a raft of measures aimed at getting young people into jobs. In an address to mark the 45th anniversary of National Youth Day, the day on which SA’s youth took to the streets in protest against apartheid, Ramaphosa said the high unemployment rate was of great concern to the government. “This is something we cannot afford,” Ramaphosa said. The president launched the Presidential Youth Service, SA Youth Network and mPowa as new measures to add to government initiatives to create…