JONATHAN JANSEN | Youngsters look like death before they even set foot in the workplace
What are pupils learning in life orientation or business studies when they seem so unprepared for the world of work?
10 April 2025 - 04:30
The emails keep coming from strangers — I have a degree but cannot find a job. It’s as if I am being accused of being in the university business, training students, applauding them on graduation day, only for them to step from the stage into unemployment. I am more convinced now than ever before that it is not the degree...
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