News24 reports that the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) said on Wednesday that the fact that 65,000 people applied for 1,500 Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) trainee positions showed that the youth were desperate for decent jobs.  

Unemployment figures would continue rising if government continued to ignore its responsibility toward South Africans, in particular the youth, national chairperson Blessed Gwala said in a statement.  "Why are they being told that they are future leaders of the country while they languish in abject poverty and share a crowded house with their parents?  It will be difficult, if not impossible for our youth to take on responsible positions if they are left without hope at this age," Gwala said.  The IFP believes the private, government, and education sectors need to collaborate to determine what knowledge and skills young people should be taught to find rewarding work.

• A short report by Mxolisi Mngadi is at News24
• See too, Joburg metro police receive 65‚000 job applications, at TimesLive

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