It is a constant and gnawing reminder of potential that has gone unrealised for 10 years.
JOHANNESBURG – A large portrait of a bright-eyed young woman draped in a black graduation robe looms over a spotless, tiled lounge in Protea Glen, a suburb of Johannesburg's Soweto township.
"Initially I wanted to see myself grow within the financial sector, maybe become a manager... a finance chief executive or something. But it didn't go as planned," she told AFP.Among people under 35 the rate is about 53% - among the highest in the world. According to chief labour statistician Malerato Mosiane, unemployment remained stubbornly high even as the population grew rapidly.
"I have the skills and it's just disheartening that I can't get that one break that I need to prove myself."As South Africa heads to the polls on 8 May, the promise of jobs has once again become election bait. Mmusi Maimane, leader of the opposition Democratic Alliance, meanwhile recently told supporters in Johannesburg: "I have a dream of putting a job in every home."
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