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The purpose of this paper is to explore youth graduate unemployment and unemployability as a development problem in South Africa.

This exploratory study applied a qualitative research method to elicit the perspectives of youth graduates regarding their unemployment and unemployability. A total of 30 face-to-face semi-structured interviews were conducted with unemployed youth who recently graduated from five South African universities.

The results indicate that, as youth graduate unemployment increases in South Africa, graduates become hopeless in terms of securing employment. The participants attributed their unemployment to multidimensional factors that include limited demand in the labour market, skills mismatch and lack of work experience.

This research exclusively focused on graduates from five South African universities; hence, the results of this small qualitative study cannot be generalised to the entire South African population. However, this paper offers important insights that may form the foundation for a nationwide study on a related topic.

This paper presents important insights that influence policy makers, government and other relevant stakeholders to develop alternative solutions to youth graduate unemployment. This paper recommends that government should play a critical role in bridging the gap between higher education and industry in order to address youth graduate unemployment. It also calls for a more cooperative effort between government, higher learning institutions and employers in order to create job opportunities for youth graduates in South Africa.

An Act to amend the provisions of the National Insurance Act 1965, the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1965 and the Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Old Cases) Act 1967 as to the rate or amount of benefit and contributions; to alter the conditions for payment of attendance allowance and unemployability supplement; to modify certain provisions as to the determination of claims and questions under those Acts, and to make other administrative and financial adjustments; to make parallel provision for Northern Ireland; and for purposes connected with those matters. [9th August 1972]

An Act to amend the provisions of the National Insurance Acts 1965 to 1970, the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Acts 1965 to 1969 and the Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Old Cases) Acts 1967 and 1969 as to contributions and benefits; to make provision for invalidity benefit for the chronic sick and for a retirement pension and age addition for certain persons over the age of eighty; to make new provision in relation to polygamous marriages for the purposes of any of the said Acts or of the Family Allowances Act 1965; and for purposes connected with those matters. [14th July 1971]

The Industrial Injuries Joint Authority and the Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred by the provisions of the National Insurance Acts and the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1965 set out respectively in Parts I and II of Schedule 1 to this instrument, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following regulations, which contain no provisions other than such as are made in consequence of the National Insurance Act 1971 and which accordingly, by virtue of section 16 of and paragraph 2(1)(a) of Schedule 6 to that Act, are exempt from the requirements of section 62(2) of the said Act of 1965 (reference to Industrial Injuries Advisory Council):—

The purpose of this paper is to bridge the gap between campus and industry among the management and engineering students to enhance their employability. It equips students and faculty with creative tools and techniques to acquire soft skills and provides a new perspective to the discipline of soft skills.

The paper designs an interview questionnaire containing both open and close-ended questions to elicit responses from faculty, students, recruiters, and directors of educational institutions.

The study found that there must be effective coordination among faculty, students, industry and directors of educational institutions for enhancing employability skills among students. It places emphasis on the role of Training and Placement Officer (TPO) in the educational institutions for better employability and calls for promotion of finishing schools to enhance employability.

The article relies on limited survey and interview data from one particular district in India and from students of engineering and management education only.

The study can be applied in any part of the world as there is a problem of unemployability everywhere currently.

The paper adds value to the little literature available in the area of soft skills. It sets the agenda for discussion in soft and hard skills and employability, presents problems and prospects and calls for blending both hard and soft skills to enhance employability.

The National Insurance Joint Authority, in conjunction with the Treasury so far as relates to matters with regard to which the Treasury have so directed, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 50 and 51 of the National Insurance Act 1965 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and for the purpose only of consolidating the regulations hereby revoked, hereby make the following regulations:—

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS PART I GENERAL

The primary goal of university education globally is to promote research, knowledge, and innovations instrumental for national development and societal transformation. In line with this goal, East African countries, namely Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania have invested heavily in university education in the last 60 years since independence. The evidence of this is the increasing number of both private and public universities, and the number of students joining the institutions. While the expansion of university education is to be celebrated, it should not be taken for granted that this expansion indicates development. The purpose of this research was to assess the impact of university education on regional development in the three East African countries, that is, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. Data were collected through historical analyses, database searches on electronic and printed sources, and interviews. The study found out that the three African countries have formulated the goals of education toward the achievement of development and that large budgets have been committed to educational expansion in the university in recent years. However, the impact of the universities in the development of the region expected through research and innovation is minimal because of major challenges that include expansion of access without adequate government funding; compromises quality; graduate unemployability and political interference; students’ unrest and strikes; weaknesses in earlier levels of education; regional, gender, and class inequalities; and misalignment of education, development, and contextual strengths. Proposed future strategies included the calls for governments to enhance regional consultations on development and education, the need for specialization in programs rather than duplication, enhancement of international collaborations and networking, rethinking the role of education in development within given contextual and environmental realities, and good governance and adequate funding of education.

The Secretary of State for Social Services, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of his powers under sections 5 and 7 of the Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Old Cases) Act 1967, as amended by section 11(1), (2) and (3) of and Schedule 5, paragraph 13(2), to the National Insurance Act 1971, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes, in consequence of the said Act of 1971, the following Scheme:—

The Industrial Injuries Joint Authority, in exercise of powers conferred by section 33(2)(a) of the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1965 and the Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 30A of that Act (added by section 10(1) of the National Insurance Act 1971) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following regulations, which contain no provisions other than such as are made in consequence of the said Act of 1971 and which accordingly, by virtue of section 16 of, and paragraph 2(l)(a) of Schedule 6 to, the said Act of 1971, are exempt from the requirements of section 62(2) of the said Act of 1965 (reference to Industrial Injuries Advisory Council):—