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Presidential Youth Employment Initiative delivered over 76,000 job opportunities in Q4 — but it’s a drop in the ocean

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employment thumb100 Daily Maverick reports that according to the deputy minister in the Presidency, Nonceba Mhlauli, the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention (PYEI) continues to deliver meaningful change in the lives of SA’s young people.

On Monday, Mhlauli highlighted the initiative’s progress during the fourth quarter (Q4) of the 2024/2025 financial year. During Q4 alone, 76,569 job opportunities were accessed by young people, including 60,444 through SAYouth.Mobi and 16,125 via the Employment Services of SA. Additional employment highlights included 15,137 private sector placements via the Youth Employment Service; 5,504 TVET graduates placed through the Department of Higher Education and Training; more than 43,000 young entrepreneurs supported by the National Youth Development Agency and the Department of Small Business Development; and 2,048 young people recruited under Phase 3 of the Revitalised National Youth Service. The innovative Jobs Boost Outcomes Fund also saw progress, with more than 5,400 young people enrolled and more than 3,000 placed into quality, sustainable jobs. Yet, three weeks ago, Stats SA’s Q1 Labour Force Survey for 2025 revealed that the economy had shed 300,000 jobs and youth unemployment had increased to 46.1%. So while the 76,000 job opportunities may alleviate the joblessness crisis for a small number of South Africans, it’s not enough to address the crisis. “The numbers are not as great as we want them to be, but we are seeing that we are making a difference,” said Mhlauli.

  • Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Lerato Mutsila at Daily Maverick
  • See too, More than 76,000 South Africans received job opportunities in state-sponsored programmes, says Mhlauli, at EWN


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