News | The Unemployed Youth Group is threatening to not go to the polls next week for the national elections until all 46 392 youth on their database receive employment, by UZamayirha
A delegation of young unemployed graduates from The Unemployed Youth, a recently formed national group, embarked on a Gauteng protest under the hash tag #NoJobNoVote on Thursday. The group led by Innocent Khumalo , is threatening to not go to the polls next week for the national elections until all 46 392 youth on their database receive employment.
The delegation met with ANC General-Manager Febe Potgieter-Gqubule at the ANC headquarters of Luthuli House and were received by Potgieter-Gqubule and representatives from the ANC economic transformation committee that includes trade and industry, youth development, as well as the ANC professionals’ league committee, and the Office of the Secretary-General.
Graduates that have no income being allowed to travel freely in all government transportation to submit their CV’s and going for interviews;Internship programmes to pay interns the same amount as permanent staff members, “since the duties are the same and equal”; andThe delegation of young unemployed graduates from national group The Unemployed Youth who embarked on a Gauteng protest under the hash tag #NoJobNoVote in a meeting together with ANC delegate Bandile Hadebe.
Speaking to City Press, Potgieter-Gqubule denied that the ANC’s decision to meet with the young people was part of electioneering. “I received the request from the Unemployed Graduates in April, before Easter, and we agreed to meet because it’s an issue we are concerned about, in and outside of election time”.
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