Ramaphosa says the challenges facing young people are grave and their concerns are real [SOUND]

# President Cyril Ramaphosa says addressing the challenges facing young people requires practical solutions, not the scapegoating of vulnerable people. He delivered the keynote address at the National Youth Day commemoration in Johannesburg yesterday. The youth unemployment rate stands at 46-percent. Ramaphosa says the challenges facing young people are grave, and their concerns are real, which is why the government’s response must be comprehensive and urgent. He adds that government is acting on three fronts: