Why SA youth aren't finding employment 

There are so many smart young people in South Africa that need to replace the pensioners in government.

"POLITICIANS WILL NEVER LET THEIR KIDS WORK FOR MINIMUM WAGE"

'Exploitation can never be a foot in the door' I got my first real job at a local entertainment centre and I had this mindset of I didn't care how much or how little they will pay I just wanted an opportunity, I was tired of staying home but what resulted was we were exploited. We worked exhausting long hours, saved the owners huge bucks instead of them hiring more staff in return for about -R3k a month. As time went I realised you can't survive on that amount with high food prices, high fuel prices which translate to high transport costs etc. I quit and learnt a very valuable lesson there. Make sure you are compensated well.and fairly, stick with your duties and responsibilities in your employment contract, nothing more nothing less

EXPLOITATION CAN NEVER BE A FOOT IN THE DOOR!!!

Bonga knows his story 👌👌👌

I like this young man, how he articulate his statement is on par, I think SA has a future leader in this one.

This guy is so well spoken. He says all the right things. Inspirational.

Our politicians have no idea what they are talking about. Bonga makes a lot of sense. Keep up the good work.

What we need are people who understand the spaces that they governing. Someone with a qualification, passion and experience in arts and culture should be a Minister of Arts and culture Someone with a qualification in Sports Management and passion for sports should be a Minister of Sports And this young man right here should be Advisor to the President!

excellent interview by Bonga!

Makhanya is 100% correct!!!

The economy can't create jobs with the amount of state-level corruption we're currently faced with.

This guy knows Economics and Labour Law

Listening to young people like Bonga gives one so much hope about the future of this country, the continent and just humanity in general. Brilliant mind bringing such cogent and persuasive arguments.

This young man speaks so much sense ....I haven't had such good articulation in many years

This Leader needs to be protected at all times. SA Youth still needs him .

Well put. I wish Afrika was led by the youth. We would be much further by now. Well put Bonga👌🏾👏🏾

The existence of oligopolies is precisely the issue. Fundraising in SA is extremely difficult, not to mention attaining permits and licenses from this dysfunctional government.

First person in politics I've heard that makes sense

Some of us are really not looking for employment but rather investment in our SMME's but neither is Government or existing commercial entities are investing in SMME's therefore we are forced to ride the wave of slow growth. There is too much focus on "employment" shift the focus to job creation through entrepreneurship. We have many skilled graduates whom the country can invest in helping them start their own businesses. I believe if government approaches the problem from this angle, then the dependency on the few commercial companies will shrink.

Brilliant interview Bonga!! Wow!! So proud of you. 🎉

Bonga is a brilliant young man. Makes sense, knows his story and tells it we'll. Keep up the great work, we need more leaders of this caliber. The future is in good hands for sure

Wow Makhanya ngeke mfethu you need to speak more !!!! I am Impressed.

SA has a lot of people with good skills. What happens and I do not know how did it happen that Zimbabweans and Nigerians took over departments like EDUCATION, HEALTH, ECONOMY. For example how can doctors not be employed ? Why do we prefer Cubans, Nigerians, Congolese over our own blood? It is time, really it is time. We need to go back to the drawing board, it will be worse with EFF.

Half way through the video and I'm moved by his expressions- keep it up Bonga! we need more of such thinking.

Points taken: Informal sector does not exist in SA.l stayed in SA for more than 8 years and I studied Computer systems in SA and could not find a job but l acquired skills in Plumbing, Welding and Electrical systems. These are the skills you will never find in most SA youth, l have never met a young south African builder, plumber and they actually think those are not an actual profession.

Very intelligent a true economist

You can change minimum wage, unemployment is a much bigger problem than a minimum wage. You get 30 year older here in SA that have never worked! You could make it that from 18 - 25 yrs there could be a low wage so young people can get out of the house and get skills and meet colleagues. You can't have a high minimum wage when you have 40% unemployment in a country its ludicrous!

Government doesn't pay grants, HARD working tax payers pay grants! No one minds helping the needy but not half the population!

"exploitation can never be a foot in the door!" 📌

What an eloquent conversation driven by the guest. I'd love to follow this movement

Anyone can learn how to do a job if they don't already have qualifications. the problem is racial quotas, government mismanagement and a broken economy. Companies are rewarded for employing X number of a certain race over another and companies don't have the budget to employ enough people so they either retrench the ones they have or don't hire in the first place. Another problem is "lack of experience" if you're 18-25 how can you have experience if no one wants to give you that opportunity to gain some. Its not a mismatch of skills

This problem actually starts at the Basic Education level, there are so many problems there alone. If the roots of a tree are dead, the tree won't thrive

Very insightful, thank you and you're such a well-spoken and compassionate man!

It's not only the youth that isnt finding a job its adults too everyone in 3rd world countries

Impeccable interview !!!

This young man is brilliant. With a youth leader like him, and the way in which he thinks, the future of the young is bright

this was a pretty good conversation, let's keep conversations like this informative interview. SA has a lot of potential and the youth are ready to work and build this nation.

Oh Wonder full Good specific words you are talking I am proud of you . ❤❤

This was such a intelligent conversion. Well done would like to see more

What a blessing this young man is. Cutting through the lies and nonsense!

Great insights, Bonga.

The whole job system right now is just a mess , learnership need degrees instead of just Matric and vocational certificates, employment age limit is up to 35 where in real fact life just started . Universities are full soo education for some isn't attainable because people at home cannot afford . Like everything really is just a mess , nothing right now is for the youth honestly , we live in the past and we are not looking at present and future

Bonga great interview

Wow and they call us monkeys , with young people like this men S.A future looks bright.

Government is just a spectator. Government should be leading by making sure the environment is conducive for private sector to create jobs. Government does not care,because is leaderless and does not have vision is visionless. There are so many things that can be done. How are so wish ANC must get off power.

Absolutely loved this interview 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽

what an eloquent speaker

He is hitting the nail on the head.

Government still depends on posting or physical handing as a form of submission of job application. Photocopying it's pricey, certifying through commissioner of oath its a effort. Posting its added costs considering that SAPO doesn't function. In between to access all this facilities you need bus fare which unemployed they can't even raise. Above all the system works against the poor and unemployment.

3 answers for this problem: 1. Young people are not applying to enough jobs. For instance they should be applying to at least 10 to 20 jobs a day, no joke. 2. They are not voluntaring enough or advancing their skills on they're own. The internet today allows you to somewhat develop yourself and practice what you studied in school. You have to teach yourself skills if you can. 3. Companies today want an already made employee, They don't like training or developing interns or graduates. So even if you have education or qualifications is you don't have experience which just means do you know how to do the job, they won't hire you. My suggestion to the youth is what ever job you want Try to do the job without being employed, almost like an entrepreneur for that position. You don't have to be successful you just have prove you can do the job. And then when you go for interviews you must display your capabilities show rather then tell. To get the interviews is easy just apply like crazy. Personal, I know my industry, I know my strengths, I know my skills. I applied to at least 10 to 15 jobs a day. It might take a few months but you will get a job if you do the thing I outlined. I also constantly learn new skills on RU-vid and practice those skills in my job and in my personal capacity.

Talent without opportunity means nothing.

Brilliant!!! To the future 🥂

Leader of the Youths & Speaker of the Truth

Brilliant explanation my brother, EFF says it too but hey.

I am him and he is I!!!

We need more people with such ideas and plans for the youth to have them implemented.

Makhanya perceptive is a true reality of a daily young unemployed person its sad that the youth has to over explain themselves in order to get reasonable resources to live and function in the economy. 30 years on this democracy young people are kept as an after thought they only became a topic of importance in the polls.

Companies nowadays create employment via internships and apprenticeships having about 500 people on an internship only to hire two or people in the end

This young man is brilliant!

Well articulation

Plus, we should change the question to- Why are not business minded? There is a reason.

Where can i listen more content of this guy cause his correct in his points

I would work for less than minimum wage if I could, just to stsrt me out. It sucks tht I don't have tht power

Blowing mind📍

Interesting young man... People who we needed to challenge exploitation

I like how he dealt with the opposition parties questions and suggestions 😂

First time seeing this gent, uyayazi into yakhe

I respect this guy...he knows his story...fuck!

Bonga cooked this interview 🎉

14:07 there is no one without skills.everyone has something to offer. Yet i agree with half of the things he says.

It's sad how we are acting like this life is rocket science

Why isn't Big Business investing in more job creation projects ?

Bonga is an intellectual

the government must pass laws that are business friendly,low tax for businesses,incentives for businesses that hire young people and give them experience.Enforce the law to keep the country safe and service delivery.Protect our industries from foreign companies that dump their products in the country.

Westville Boys High represent!

Because GROOVE first, WORK later mentality!

Council this, association this, forum that! Just another politician doing his thesis! Too much theory dololo practice.....

The issue lies within the education system and the prevalent skills mismatch in the workforce. Income grants should serve as a temporary solution until the unemployed individuals acquire the necessary skills to successfully enter the job market and secure sustainable employment. This necessitates a comprehensive approach to address the root causes of unemployment, including enhancing the quality and relevance of education and training programs, fostering partnerships between educational institutions and industries to align curricula with market needs, and providing targeted support for skills development and vocational training initiatives. By equipping individuals with the requisite skills and competencies demanded by employers, we can empower them to contribute meaningfully to the economy and achieve long-term financial independence and stability.

Government must assist with tender to grow business and employ unemployed people that's a good decision to avoid more unemployedment

The idea sold to the youth needing to earn a living wage with no experience is the problem. I think they should be employed and increments of increase depends on the progress made on merit. Im not saying this is the answer but need to be addressed with this in mind.

It takes time and money to get the person trained to get a person to a productive level. Even then there is no grantee that there is no fit. In the past companies large companies trained people even if they could not employee them after their mentoring period.

Looking to government for entrepreneurial start-ups is all well and good. But what happens to those who have started their business, begged, borrowed from loan sharks, without government help, will government now grant them financing to payoff loans etc?

And another thing that could've increased job opportunities was investing more on rural arreas rather than putting all the funds on cities, reason being on rural areas housingband land is more affordable than in cities so if the government took that route by building Malls and other factories, earning R3500 wouldn't been an issue since most people would afford to have basic needs like housing unlike in townships

It all closes down to the school not trying or putting effort into those who need more attention.

All true

This young man

Foreigners are getting it

An excellent rebuttal of the misguided idea that disempowering worker is the only path to economic growth which is constantly paraded by the free market parties.

I quit my job at a call center because they did not pay me enough. They made high commission entry so that only the best of the best can earn commission, they made us work 11 hours a day without overtime and they yelled at us all the time for not reaching target even though only the best of the best could reach target. In each team only one person reached target every two days. This shows that they engineered their KPI to be exploitative. Many of us are now unemployed because we refuse to be exploited. Imagine having a job but you cant buy alcohol, you can afford a well balanced diet, your unhealthy groceries can't even last a month, and you barely have enough for transport.

I believe in South Africans so much, especially those guys with SMMEs. The government must aggresively invest in uplifting small business, black people must be involved in the economy across all sector and the government has a huge role in enabling that. Looking at history, you will see how the National party played an integral part in assisting the Afrikaaner farmers with land, resources and skills uplifment, some where sent for training in Europe. These big private schools we see today with hectares of land, the banks, insurance companies, mines, etc but the ANC government is too invested in white companies to invest in black. I mean who cares about a black farmer when I have shares in a big Afrikaaner's farming business, that's the reality we face with politicians. The DA is not afraid to take a stand and fight for white folks.

As you call for minimum wage, you should have addressed the elephant in the room which is a fact that companies are avoiding hiring South Africans due to the same labour policies like minimum wage.... I can guarantee you, 70-80% of waiters in Pretoria are foreign nationals now, probably 50% of nurses are foreign nationals

Because they are comfortable where they are, this is why they not voting out anc.

If the money is there find jobs for our youth

The spaza shop sector is worth R 900 Billion and he is demonizing it, he is lost And this can be used to develop big black owned retailers!

Small and Medium Enterprises can change the SA cause the government doesn't care about those at all

Corporate structures don't have enough junior positions

I'm yet to see a country that gives Permits to other countries when they have the highest unemployment rate in the world. We can talk as we want this is the cause of thr ANC , they have made this !

13:21 That guy mustn't lie about Action SA. They have no such policy against minimum wage. Here is their policy: Universal Basic Income Stimulus 3. Other highlights » Introduce a three-year universal basic income stimulus (UBIS) that transfers monthly cash payments to all eligible South Africans, calculated at the food poverty line in year one, the lower-bound poverty line in year two, and the upper-bound poverty line in year three. page 38. He must come back and correct it.

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