Stats SA | 4.7 million young people unemployed in SA: Ravi Naidoo shares more

Advocacy group Youth Capital has described the current unemployment rate among young people as a state of emergency. Latest figures from Stats SA’s first quarter of 2026 show that young people continue to be the worst affected by the unemployment crisis. The data also shows that the absorption and participation rates among young people continue to be lower than those of older adults. For more on this we are joined by the Youth Employment Service CEO Ravi Naidoo.

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