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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The outgoing CEO of the Minerals Council South Africa has described the youth unemployment situation in South Africa as “catastrophic”.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the second day of a national conference on the Constitution, Roger Baxter said productive employment “changes the game and gives people hope, which is what we need”.<\/p>\n

The conference is being held under the theme “Reflections and the Road Ahead” and Baxter was part of a panel on transforming and growing the economy as a constitutional imperative.<\/p>\n

“The youth unemployment crisis that we face is so huge that it is actually catastrophic,” he said.<\/p>\n

“To get a young person coming to ask ‘please find me employment’ is a very painful thing, and in my view, if we are growing the economy at a much faster pace, we would probably generate employment.<\/p>\n

“In my view, one of the greatest impacts that we can have in fighting poverty is not only social grants, which are important, but also getting people productive employment.”<\/p>\n

Figures that Statistics South Africa released in May last year showed unemployment was highest among those aged 15 to 24 (63.9%) and 25 to 34 years (42.1%).<\/p>\n

A total of 3.8 million out of 10.2 million people aged 15 to 24 years were not employed, or receiving education or training.<\/p>\n

President of Not In My Name South Africa, Siyabulela Jentile, was also part of the panel and added that gender equality was needed.<\/p>\n

“There are many industries where women were still paid less than their male counterparts, regardless of [their] experience and age.<\/p>\n

“As part of us holding the Constitution to account for economic growth and transformation, we need to be able to say: ‘We need to also develop our female counterparts.’<\/p>\n

“We must pay them what they [deserve]. So, we need to advocate, in all spaces that we are in, for gender equality,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Men who are in leadership positions in this country need to understand that by virtue of being born male, they are born elevated in the social hierarchy.<\/p>\n

“It is the same as white male by virtue of being born white they are born elevated in the social hierarchy.”<\/p>\n

He added:<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Baxter said a lot of work had been done in the mining industry, resulting in significant transformative changes.<\/p>\n

He said the council had a woman president and that there were 74 000 women in mining. In 1998, a woman was not permitted to work underground. Now, however, 15% of the labour force in the industry is female.<\/p>\n

He added that they were committed to increasing the number of women to 100 000 by 2025.<\/p>\n

“There are tangible things that we are doing,” he added.<\/p>\n

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