Youth Unemployment and how to deal with it
This one is the most problematic issue in our community these days. Whenever I get to these talks I find myself being so emotional. Anyways I have been a member of this group, where vacancies and piece jobs are shared randomly from companies in Swaziland. It pains one to see that everyday the youth is tirelessly searching for jobs yet the unemployment rate is increasing daily on this side. Statistics currently show that the rate of youth unemployment stands at 47.37% as Published by H. Plecher, Oct 13, 2020 on Statista https://www.statista.com/statistics/813070/youth-unemployment-rate-in-swaziland/ when the population of the youth stands at 43% of the total population of 1.1 Million people. The biggest problem here is that unemployment comes with its own negative effect which greatly affects our youngsters. The most common problems we have been witnessing are the following: ● Drugs and Alcohol Abuse - while staying at my parents house in Mpolonjeni, I was jointly runn...