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Over the past 10 years, South Africa has created only 130 000 new formal work opportunities on average a year â not nearly enough to absorb the 12 million work seekers currently unemployed. The size of the challenge is such that even if job growth in the formal sector were to grow to three percent per annum, it would take 50 years to wipe out unemployment. So, what are our options?
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