/ 18 February 2022

Mr President, the government can — and should — create jobs

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Skilled, but no jobs: A group of unemployed men with experience in building and construction, sit outside a hardware store, hoping to find work. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

The private sector, experts say, cannot alone be entrusted with the important task of stopping South Africa’s unemployment tailspin

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