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ROAD TO ELECTIONS 2024

Empty job promises no solution to fixing structural issues

South Africa is already in the national elections silly season where all politicians and political wannabes will be competing on how they will significantly reduce unemployment in South Africa and how many free things they will dish out to everyone, as if money grows on trees.

For example, one small political party started by a politician who is one of the many who were frustrated out of a big opposition political party, has just produced a 44-page Jobs Plan booklet.

They spent a lot of space dealing with (a) growing the economy for jobs; (b) reforming education for jobs; (c) building a

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