03/11/2025
LETS REALLY THINK ABOUT IT…
South Africa is producing a new wave of matriculants right now. Thousands of young people writing their final exams with the belief that a better future waits on the other side.
That belief collapses fast.
Universities and colleges do not have space for everyone. Many will go home next year with no plan, no opportunities, and no entry into the economy. They will immediately join the unemployment crisis that already defines our country. This is not a future problem. It is a present failure.
Private companies are cutting jobs. Government isn’t creating enough new ones. Young people with degrees are sitting at home. The labour market is closed for most, especially those without higher education. The result is predictable. Boredom becomes hopelessness. Hopelessness becomes depression. Depression becomes addiction, crime and su***de. We already see it in our communities.
African Kivuli Foundation rejects the idea that young people must wait for institutions to fix themselves. Waiting has a cost we can measure in human lives.
The path forward is skills. Real skills. Technical ability that creates income. Entrepreneurship that turns talent into economic activity. Productive engagement that keeps young people moving, thinking and building instead of breaking under pressure.
Youth unemployment is not a statistic. It is the sharpest threat to our future. The only defence is equipping young people to participate in the economy whether someone hires them or not.
“SOUTH AFRICA OUR LAND”
-Statement by our CEO
