Cape Town - The number of jobs for South African youths has increased by about 400 000 between October 2010 when the new growth path was adopted to 6.1 million by the end of December 2014.
However, the number of newcomers to the job market outran the pace of jobs creation, Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel told MPs on Tuesday.
In a written reply to Economic Freedom Fighters MP PG Moteka, Patel acknowledged that the global economic crisis had a negative impact on the South African economy and labour market. “A substantial number of jobs were lost, particularly youth jobs,” he said.