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Playing an active role in youth empowerment

The YES initiative was launched by President Cyril Ramaphosa in 2018 to combat unemployment in South Africa. This initiative is aimed at creating one million new jobs and job opportunities over three years in urban areas, peri—urban areas and rural areas throughout the country.
In last month’s issue we talked about building a customer~ centric culture — this month, Youth Month, we reflect on our country’s youth and highlight some thoughts around youth and the contribution SAICA Enterprise Development has made to reversing the unemployment rate.
According to a 2020 study, ’Youth development re— imagined’ by Lucha Lunako, research has shown:

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