Before the 2024 national elections, citizens nationwide hope the issue of unemployment ceases to exist. Unemployment trended on X and citizens expressed their thoughts on the matter:
@wgodfrey32
The youth need to stand up and use their power. They need to forget about political affiliation, and fight. @RomeoRangeover
The level of disrespect when
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi was giving a speech is the reason why unemployment thrives. People must learn to respond to situations and listen to reason rather than react and cause more damage. Shame, even President Cyril Ramaphosa is treated the same.
@Sidney_wish
The government should come up with a way to help the youth. Most people who are employed retire in old age. Youth have turned to drugs and theft because they have nothing to do.
@TheFungi669
I hope that when I’m 81 years old, I can create more than 10 million jobs, make the stock market reach record highs and unemployment reach record lows. What a crazy idea!
@KnownHandle
For those with space in their homes, we have to go back to farming our own food to ease the burden. This thing of having to buy everything you consume is making things worse. Let us plant fruit trees and vegetables for different seasons. Sell them cheaper than retail stores if you have planted more than enough for yourself and your family.
@silverskull2000
South Africa has a long journey to go but, hopefully, one day, everyone will come together and make this wonderful country a place that everyone wants to live in!
@TikTok_Tweeter
The government is never coming to rescue anyone. People must start focusing on opportunities that are in front of them instead of complaining. Ama2K (those born in the 2000s) are YouTubers who get a monthly salary of R10 000 – the same salary a graduate is going to church for every day to get a job.
@margieMYDNA
While young SA doctors march against unemployment, please remember:
- The government employs 229 Cuban doctors for more than R200 million. - Reports indicate that more than R5 billion was stolen by government corruption during Covid.
- People were assassinated for trying to toe the line against this corruption.
@OdirileSOuL
Mass unemployment is perhaps the most obvious and shocking contemporary manifestation of the consequences of neo-liberal austerity programmes.
@Mokwala_Dimpho
Instead of celebrating building stateof-the-art hospitals, let alone improving the state of the current ones or massive infrastructure roll-out, the ANC, which is the ruling party, is celebrating filling up stadiums with unemployed people for its rally.