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Study finds that soft rather than technical skills are more effective in getting rural youth jobs. GettyImages

Millions of young South Africans are jobless: study finds that giving them ‘soft’ skills like networking helps their prospects

Chijioke Nwosu, University of the Free State; Alexis Habiyaremye, University of Johannesburg, and Thomas Habanabakize, Tshwane University of Technology

A mismatch between the skills employers want and what young people have is the major cause of youth unemployment in South Africa. Soft skills are key.

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