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*Re-Engineering our country’s economic development in a more organised way is more critical at this point* It is in era such as this one that marked two decades since we achieved our democracy where our people are required to look back and assess checks and balances for the youth development in the country entirely. Where we are currently as a country we seats at 68% youth population which simply reflect how significant young people are to our country’s economy. It is for reasons such as these ones that I call for the full involvement of young people in building a reliable economic system responsible for employment creation as one of major challenges facing young people in the country. A pain of unemployment, inequality and poverty has been inflicted to us by apartheid government in their quest to submerge black people as subordinates of their factories and industries. It is as a result of this inflicted pain that our people remain under atypical and precarious form of work as a way of capitalist cutting costs whilst they continue to maximise profit for themselves. One would like to take this opportunity to commend the government’s intention of beginning with a marathon of taking young people very serious by involving us in the decision making process and advising government committees on issues of youth development. The inaugural decision of launching the Presidential Youth Working Group is a much more long awaited decision and in my view it will enable all our sectors of government to pick immediate frustrations facing young people with an aim to change them. *Call for the Private Sector to play their part as per their commitment in Youth Employment Accord* It is almost two years and couple since the Youth Employment Accord has been signed by stakeholders with an aim of pushing for positive results in job creation. Until now there is nothing positive registered by the private sector in as much as there is a work commitment with them to expand the intake of young people, with targeted youth support and incentives approved by all constituencies. This shall serve as our premise as the Presidential Working Group to directly confront the private sector to play its part as per the agreement. A review for the Youth Employment Accord shall be made central to look at areas of possible improvements to compel all stakeholders to act as per the agreement. There should be regulative measures used to assess and monitor the stakeholders’ compliance of with resolutions made to cater particular interests. It is my view that as and when we try to foster for the implementation of the National Youth Policy we also need to enforce that other policy commitments such as the Youth Employment Accord shall be implemented without fail and all stakeholders shall uphold their commitments thereof I must highly acknowledge the proposal by some Deputy Ministers for the adoption of early childhood Co-operative and entrepreneurial education to be made a priority from all sphere of government at an earliest stage and that this should form part of the curriculum of the basic education. *Policies, Legislations, Regulations and Constitutional Education shall be a priority* - Policies should not take too long before cascading down for implementation - Community shall receive consistent education about policies for them to be able to abide by them - Policy implementation shall be integrated from all sphere of government to avoid policies passing each other without co0rdination. - All legislative framework that support and governs development shall be induced to the people more regularly The Presidential Youth Working Group shall be considered highly more different to many other working groups that existed before. This shall be on the basis of our contribution as young people accompanied with full experience and capacity. I would like to commend the Presidency and the team of Deputy Ministers who took part of the inaugural activity for the launch of Presidential Youth Working Group and also for their reflection on the apex areas of youth development and involvement. All these initiations are buttressed by work streams as follows; - Economic Participation and Transformation - Education, Skills and Second Chances - Health Care and Combating Substance Abuse - Nation Building and Social Cohesion, and - Effective and Responsive Youth Development Institutions My view is that all these work streams are going to operate as think tankers for the general development affecting young people in the country and that more research and benchmarking will be highly required to assess the movement of young people in South Africa to provide possible solutions to the problems facing the youth in our country. *Takalani Mmbengeni* is a member of the Presidential Youth Working Group Member serving in the Economic Participation and Transformation Work Stream. I am writing on my capacity as the *National Chairperson of the South African National Apex Co-operative Youth* For more info contact me @ 082 625 1706 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. 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