South Africa's Youth Crises

South Africa's Youth Crises explains how South Africa's young democracy is grappling to reconcile its apartheid history with its present reality of majority black rule. A novel political settlement enabled the transfer of political power to the ruling African National Congress (ANC) since 1994, but the majority black government is yet to create appropriate melting pot mechanisms to make more black youths employable and create jobs.

At the same time, obsession in the black political discourse about the pro-Marxian notion of "monopoly capital" may drive a wedge between the whites and blacks, discourage the inflow of foreign investment, promote capital flight, and widen the income gaps further.

The authors submit that what is urgently needed is for the state to nurture and grow an inclusive stakeholder economy at the local, province, and national levels, where the government, civil society movements, the private sector, and foreign partners/donors pull resources into basket funds for dealing effectively and efficiently with youth employability and job creation

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