Ladies and gentlemen, and hon members, the South African economy is in crisis like we have not seen since the demise of Apartheid. There are 9,7 million South Africans who are unemployed in South Africa today, the majority of those 6,1 million South Africans are under the age of 34 years.
Unless there is a massive change in the way that the economy is managed, these 6,1 million young South Africans will never in their lifetimes find permanent employment and will remain a responsibility of the State instead of being a contributor to the economy and thus to