The dawn of democracy raised hope for many previously disadvantaged South Africans. It symbolised a chance to rebuild and to set a new dawn for many of those South Africans and their families. It also set a chance to try bandaging the wounds that had been bleeding for a long time under apartheid. People believed that doors of opportunities were going to open to alleviate the burden from many households that lived below the poverty line. What we see today are huge statistics of youth unemployment and this has become the biggest threat and challenge.  

According to the  Statistics SA’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey for the first quarter of 2022, the graduate unemployment rate was  relatively low in SA compared to those of other educational levels, while youth unemployment continues to be a burden, irrespective of educational attainment, and seemingly a very dangerous threat to democracy. ...