WATCH | Eight in 10 unemployed young people have never worked

JOHANNESBURG - The jobs crisis among young people in South Africa seems to be worsening.

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Eight in 10 unemployed young people have never worked before and this has left the country without the necessary skills to grow the economy. That's the alarming finding from a recent Department of Home Affairs gazette.

It's been revealed that there's a greater need for management, finance, and engineering expertise.

Youth Capital says a large contributing factor to the skills mismatch is that institutions responsible for training are inefficient and disconnected

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Network Mobiliser at Youth Capital, Lethiwe Sinodumo Nkosi, spoke to eNCA.