The unemployment disaster that is devastating South African youth is mostly due to human error. The power-drunk bureaucrats tried to do too many things at once, and messed up everything, writes MuziKuzwayo
Whether it is the techies in Silicon Valley or lefties in a university, revolutions start on the ground.
Governments tax their people out of necessity, but sometimes to cover the costs of decadence and corruption. Businesses raise their prices in order to milk maximum profits. But intentions do not count, what matters is the impact. Since labour is usually the highest cost in most businesses, it goes without saying that workers will always be the first casualty in any economic revolution.Give the youth a platform and they will lead the way
Revolutions often fail, because they are actually experiments, and when human experiments fail, they cost lives. Many of the first provincial premiers, such as Tokyo Sexwale, used their connections to get shares in white companies for absolutely nothing, using ambiguous eat-now-perhaps-pay-later financial schemes.
It is a shame that so little has been done to empower our youth to be self-sufficient. Young people in rural areas have been especially hard hit.
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