# ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says young people must take the lead in technology, economic development, and job creation. Addressing the party’s youth league’s second national general council, in Kimberley, Northern Cape, Mbalula said the youth must drive innovation and help shape South Africa’s future by tackling unemployment and boosting economic growth. He also welcomed the withdrawal of National Credit Act regulations that allowed the blacklisting of students over unpaid tertiary fees:
Mbalula encourages the youth league to lead the fight against unemployment [SOUND]
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