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Entrepreneurship hubs, right skills can help reduce youth unemployment
06 July 2026
- South Africa has a youth unemployment crisis.
- Experts at Stellenbosch University suggested possible solutions in opinion pieces.
- They focused on entrepreneurship hubs and equipping young people with the right skills.
During Youth Month, one of the key issues highlighted was the difficulty many young people face in finding work. In opinion pieces for the media, Luluto Mgweba of the School of Public Leadership and Prof Deresh, Rector and Vice-Chancellor, argued that we could address the youth unemployment crisis through entrepreneurship hubs and by equipping young people with the right skills to work in different sectors. Click on the links below to read the articles as published.
Luluto Mgweba (How entrepreneurship hubs can empower South Africa's youth to tackle unemployment – Weekend Argus)
Prof Deresh Ramjugernath (Life beyond a degree – Mail & Guardian)