Matriculants vs job creation
by Johan
2009-07-01 14:16
Whilst the statistician will correct me for my estimation, I would like to paint a rather dull picture. The colouring in of this picture can only be created by those elected into authority. The development and final colouring of the picture affects all; the majority and the minority, wealthy, middle class and the poor.
I understand, there will be in excess to 500 000 matriculants leaving school at the end of 2009. We have been advised via the media that approximately 189 000 employees have lost there jobs in one quarter of this year. ONE QUARTER. Should this trend continue it will mean in excess of 750 000 employees will have lost their jobs over a period of one year.
For the sake of assumption, let us take it there are no more job losses. This will mean that the ANC needs to create about 700 000 jobs.
The ANC has set a target of creating 500 000 jobs. By when? At the end of 2010 another batch of matriculants, which have grown exponentially in numbers, will also become job seekers. And so the number of school leavers will increase and so will the number of job seekers. I would suggest that by the next elections the number of eligible voters who will have left school will have increased by about 2.5 to three million people. It therefore makes it a critical responsibility of the ANC to succeed in ensuring the future of South Africa over the next five years.
This would suggest that the government will have to hold portfolio ministers to account for successes and failures. To save on budgets and answer for overspending, in public sector offices. Find a way to create employment or be challenged with escalating crime, as people attempt to live. The voters have been promised improvement, not only as highlighted above but in other areas too. Therefore expect such to materialise.
Increasing Eskom, SABC viewing fees. Higher Municipal Rates and Taxes. Income tax hikes. Plus, Plus, Plus. Because as basic commodities increase so does VAT, levies on fuel, and so on. This does bode well for businesses and individuals.
Taking from the "rich" is not a long term solution. In fact I would like to bet that were the banks allowed to publish confidential detail, such detail would prove a majority of private entities are really battling to stay afloat. Add another bit of weight and these will sink.
It is therefore incumbent for Mr Zuma and the ANC officialdom, who accepted the governance challenge, to present their forward plan to the public. How are the ANC going to balance:
- the school leavers with employment opportunities
- the jobless against becoming criminals
- the employers from going bankrupt and becoming jobless?
NO Employer NO Business Taxes
No Business Tax NO Govt. Revenue
NO Employer NO Employee
NO Employee NO Income Tax
NO Income Tax NO Govt Revenue
NO Govt Revenue NO Control
No Control LOTS of CRIME
Do I have any positive contributions to offer? No not really. I am just another entrepreneur trying to make a living. Therefore know very little about the ways of authority and their direction.
(Dear University Graduate,
It is with regret that your application for employment is unsuccessful. You are over qualified...(as I am not at liberty say we have no vacancies.) Please advise your school leaving sibling that spending money on becoming over qualified does not guarantee you a job.)
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