Is there a solution for graduate unemployment?
Julius Malema has suggested a stipend for unemployed graduates. Are there other options?
For young people lucky enough to go into higher education, long hours of study are put in with the anticipation of a better job and life prospects.
But finding work after leaving university isn鈥檛 guaranteed.
In South Africa, graduate unemployment stands at 32%.
Julius Malema, leader of the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters, has suggested a stipend for unemployed graduates.
And in Namibia, where more than 20% of graduates are out of work, one university is teaching courses to encourage entrepreneurship.
So, could these be part of the solution to graduate unemployment?
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