{"id":1063,"date":"2026-08-14T08:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T06:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/nearly-half-of-south-african-youth-are-neet-as-rate-hits-45-percent\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T08:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T06:30:13","slug":"nearly-half-of-south-african-youth-are-neet-as-rate-hits-45-percent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/zu_za\/cishe-ingxenye-yentsha-yaseningizimu-afrika-ayiphilile-njengoba-izinga-lifinyelela-ku-45\/","title":{"rendered":"Cishe Ingxenye Yentsha YaseNingizimu Afrika AYINESIVININI Njengoba Izinga Lifinyelela Kumaphesenti angu-45"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Idatha yakamuva evela ku-Statistics South Africa ikhombisa ukuthi izinga le-NEET (Not in Employment, Education, or Training) phakathi kwabantu abaneminyaka engu-15-34 likhuphuke laya ku-45% ngekota yesibili ka-2026, lisuka ku-38% ngo-2012, njengoba kubikwe yi-GroundUp. Izinga lokungasebenzi kwentsha eneminyaka engu-15-24 likhuphuke laya ku-60.9% kwikota yokuqala, kanti inani eliphelele lentsha engasebenzi (15-34) lifinyelele ku-4.7 million, okubonisa ukwanda okungu-181,000 uma kuqhathaniswa nekota edlule.<\/p>\n<h4>Ukuntuleka Kwemisebenzi Kwentsha Nokungalingani Kwezifundazwe<\/h4>\n<p>Inani lentsha eqashiwe lehle ngo-258,000 laya ku-5.6 million phakathi nekota yokuqala ka-2026, ngokusho kwe-The Citizen. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, abantu abafuna umsebenzi abadangele bakhuphuke ngo-178,000 bafika ku-3.9 million. Imininingwane yesifundazwe iqokomisa ukungalingani okukhulu: iNtshonalanga Kapa igcina izinga eliphansi kakhulu lokungasebenzi kanye namandla aqinile okungenisa abafundi abashiya isikole emakethe yemisebenzi. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, iNyakatho Kapa inezinga eliphezulu kakhulu le-NEET, cishe ngo-48% wabantu abaneminyaka engu-15 kuya ku-24 kanye no-53% walabo abaneminyaka engu-15 kuya ku-34 abangasebenzi noma abaqeqeshwayo noma abafundayo.<\/p>\n<h4>Impendulo Kahulumeni Nemiphumela Kazwelonke<\/h4>\n<p>Ukuntuleka kwemisebenzi eNingizimu Afrika kukhuphuke kusuka ku-31.4% ngasekupheleni kuka-2025 kuya ku-32.7% kwikota yokuqala ka-2026, ngokusekelwe ezibalweni ezivela ezikhishwe nguhulumeni ngokusemthethweni. UNgqongqoshe Wezokuqashwa kanye Nezabasebenzi uNomakhosazana Meth umemezele isithembiso sika-R350 million ngoMeyi 2026 sokufaka intsha engu-130,000 ezinhlelweni zokufunda kanye nokuqashwa. Ekhuluma kulesi simemezelo, uNgqongqoshe uMeth uthe: \u201cInkinga ebhekene nentsha ephakathi kweminyaka engu-15 no-34, ukuthi ukungasebenzi kusephezulu kakhulu cishe ku-46%, okugcizelela isidingo esiphuthumayo sokukhula komnotho okusheshayo, ukungenelela okuqondiwe emakethe yezabasebenzi kanye namathuba amakhulu okuqashwa kwentsha.\u201d Isazi Sezibalo-Jikelele uRisenga Maluleke, ngesikhathi somhlangano nabezindaba, wengeze wathi: \u201cUkuntuleka kwemisebenzi kuthinta kakhulu intsha. Sinabasha abaningi abangasebenzi, abafunda noma abaqeqeshwayo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lolu hlelo lukahulumeni luza phakathi kokuqashelwa kabanzi kwezithiyo ezihlelekile ezibhekene nentsha yaseNingizimu Afrika njengoba ingena emakethe yezabasebenzi. Njengoba izinga le-NEET liqhubeka nokwenyuka, ukusebenza kahle kokutshalwa kwezimali ekuthuthukisweni kwamakhono nasekudalweni kwemisebenzi kuzohlala kubhekwe njengoba kuqala ukusetshenziswa. Kulindeleke izibuyekezo ezengeziwe njengoba umkhankaso wokuqashwa kwentsha uqhubeka ezinyangeni ezizayo.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa&#8217;s NEET rate for youth has reached 45%, with 4.7 million young people unemployed in early 2026, intensifying calls for urgent action.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[717,877,874,876,875,834],"class_list":["post-1063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sa-news","tag-government-policy","tag-labour-market","tag-neet","tag-nomakhosazana-meth","tag-statistics-south-africa","tag-youth-unemployment"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.5 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nearly Half of South African Youth Are NEET as Rate Hits 45 Percent - 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