'Give us a job‚ or pay us while we look for work' - Unemployed graduates

01 March 2017 - 17:56 By Aretha Linden
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Hundreds of unemployed students who have obtained degrees and diplomas from tertiary institutions marched to the Premier's Office in the Eastern Cape to demand jobs - failing which‚ a stipend.
Hundreds of unemployed students who have obtained degrees and diplomas from tertiary institutions marched to the Premier's Office in the Eastern Cape to demand jobs - failing which‚ a stipend.
Image: Aretha Linden/DispatchLIVE

Eastern Cape unemployed graduates have called on the government to give every jobless graduate a stipend of R3‚000 a month.

Hundreds of unemployed students who have obtained degrees and diplomas from tertiary institutions marched to the Premier's Office on Wednesday to demand jobs - failing which‚ a stipend.

  • 'Hire me‚ I am qualified' - Desperate graduates picket for jobsUnemployed graduates around the Eastern Cape took part in a #HireAGraduate campaign on Wednesday morning. 

The march was a continuation of the series of flash mobs staged by the #HireAGraduate movement last week.

The members handed over a memorandum of demands to the premier‚ Phumulo Masualle.

- TMG Digital/DispatchLIVE

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