# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the extent and scale of the youth unemployment crisis means that the government must bolster skills development and foster an entrepreneurial culture. The latest employment figures show a 46.1-percent unemployment rate among youths aged 15 to 34. In his weekly newsletter, Ramaphosa says the government has rolled out several youth-focused programmes since 2020 to combat unemployment, chief among these being the Presidential Employment Stimulus. He adds that it is critical to overcome the mismatch between the skills available in the workforce and market needs.
Ramaphosa says an entrepreneurial culture needs to be fostered to tackle youth unemployment