Racial and gender disparities in access to work are entrenched features of the South African labour market.
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The pandemic has heightened existing weaknesses in South Africa’s skills training regime.
Labour migrants from other provinces into Gauteng and the Western Cape are more likely to be employed than the two provinces’ permanent residents.
Disruptions to schooling at the lower grades should be remedied, otherwise there could be a serious impact on the quality of Matriculants a decade or more from now.
The system is well-resourced for urban and well-off families, but leaves the poor and mostly rural youth inadequately prepared.
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Professor, Economics, University of the Western Cape
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DSTI/NRF Research Chair in Welfare and Social Development, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Senior lecturer, School of Economics, University of Cape Town, University of Cape Town
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Faculty member, Centre for Researching Education and Labour, University of the Witwatersrand
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Education economist, Stellenbosch University