We cannot afford to ignore plague of youth unemployment.

Byline: Neva Makgetla

We cannot afford to ignore plague of youth unemployment Struggling economy means the situation has reached crisis level and must be faced with commensurate urgency THANKS to the vagaries of work and friendship, two young people from outside our family stayed with us for most of their teenage years. Both were charming and smart. One left school with a matric in 2005, the other graduated from technikon five years ago. Today, neither has a job, although they tried to find something when they first graduated. Now they've given up and live off their families and friends, hand to mouth, making it through the long unchanging days with other young adults in a …