Editorial: Youth Day highlights brand-new struggle

As we continue reflecting on the role played by this group in rewriting our history, we must do so fully cognisant of the fact that young people today face a different struggle altogether. Unemployment, particularly among the youth, is alarmingly high. It is at its highest since September 2003. The Quarterly Labour Force Survey released by StatsSA earlier this month showed that, although 144,000 jobs were created in the first quarter, the number of job seekers also increased by 433,000.