Against a backdrop of another anaemic year of economic growth, the national crisis of unemployment continues unabated as new entrants into the job market exponentially exceed available job opportunities.
The situation for “graduates” is hardly any better, where dubious qualifications are poorly matched for the requirements of a developing economy, which, given our abundance of natural resources, should be focused on production as opposed to the humanities. Most government decision-makers and middle-class South Africans, owing to their limited daily interaction with those who are unemployed or in the blue-collar workspace, are hopelessly out of touch with the challenges our less fortunate citizens face.
Given the obvious and disastrous education deficit, the relevant question becomes: is it possible for an employer to offer employment other than the most mundane of tasks and if so, can the potential employee’s total lack of educational foundation allow for significant training or upskilling leading to improved productivity, greater responsibilities, better remuneration and the promised “better life for all”? The short answer is that employers don’t have the capacity or time to provide what is...
This highlights how 15% of annual productivity in the blue-collar space is lost through the sheer inefficiency of our system. When one accounts for the education deficit, it is unsurprising that there is a vast disparity between our new minimum wage of R20 per hour and a First World country like Denmark where the minimum wage is R285 per hour.
It cannot be gainsaid that the dream of a decent job at a living wage should be a right for every South African and as the example above clearly illustrates, it is only individual productivity and efficiency that translate into hourly wages that allow people to realise their dreams.
Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)
Then why does the same basic education minister get reappointed every five years?
And its busy doing the same to a lot of us who have to pay for it.
What you put in is what you get out...garbage in, garbage out...there are no miracles.
Pigs
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: IOL - 🏆 46. / 51 Read more »
Unions to strike in major SA cities over unsafe trains, poor transport servicesFedusa and Untu want President Cyril Ramaphosa to send in the army to stabilise passenger rail services which Fedusa called a national disaster. Now everyone's going to want the army to sort things out are we becoming a millitary state..SADF has priorities. All the systems are collapsing due to corruption. Trying to score a point on sending the army into the cape flats. Bring back the red ants to secure the railway.
Source: TimesLIVE - 🏆 28. / 59 Read more »
'Monopolies strangling economy' - Ramaphosa'The economy of our country is not open enough and it so happens that it is only open to certain insiders who are white,' President Cyril Ramaphosa said yesterday | kgmadisa kgmadisa But what are you doing about it CyrilRamaphosa kgmadisa Ramaphosa can say left and do right, hiw far are we with the land expropriation issue kgmadisa What is the issue? Openness or racialisation of the economy?
Source: SowetanLIVE - 🏆 13. / 63 Read more »
Unions to strike over dangerous working conditions in trainsTrade unions will strike in major SA cities on Friday over poor and unsafe train services. I never thought that train can be stolen 🤔 kanjani? Do not replace that train.... let the good people suffer becuase of harboring criminals in their communities.... this is not acceptable
Source: SowetanLIVE - 🏆 13. / 63 Read more »
Snowy Sutherland brings icy conditions to parts of SAThe SA Weather Service warned that disruptive snowfall was expected over the Namakwa southern high ground and western high ground of the Western Cape, mainly in the morning.
Source: TimesLIVE - 🏆 28. / 59 Read more »
Source: BDliveSA - 🏆 12. / 63 Read more »