When it comes to the youth 67,7%, the young people between the ages of 15 and 24, who are part of the labour force are unemployed, and between the ages of 25 and 34, 42,8% are unemployed. The reasons why we have such high levels of unemployment are because for a quarter of a century the ANC government has fully embraced neo-liberal economics. This has resulted in deregulation, the opening up of South Africa's markets, the growth of the financial sector, and the collapse of South Africa's industrial capacity.