The Youth Employment Service has provided over 100,000 young jobseekers with valuable work experience.
President Cyril Ramaphosa says that a five-year-old employment initiative is showing positive progress and is likely to provide even better results down the line.
The YES program came to fruition in partnership with private companies to address the crisis of youth unemployment and is part of the broader Presidential Youth Employment Intervention that includes various programmes to assist younger job seekers. According to the latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey published by Statistics South Africa showed that there were roughly 7.8 million unemployed people in the country during the final quarter of 2022.
“In this year already, YES has achieved a new record of 32,400 jobs. Currently, over 1,400 businesses participate in YES, and the aim is to increase the pace of placements as more companies come on board and more opportunities are made available,” said the president.
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