We are pressed with the burning question: How can we add 5 million quality, formal sector jobs in the next decade?

We’re a country of around 65 million people.

The official unemployment rate of 31.4% reflects 7.8 million people who are actively looking for work.

But, when combined with those who are available to work but have given up looking for a job or have other reasons for not searching, that number increases to 12.4 million, or 42% of the working age population.

Enter: News24’s On The Record jobs summit, tasked with the ultimate question: How can we add 5 million quality, formal sector jobs in the next decade?

First, we check in with our specialist journalist, Carol Paton, to discuss the highlights of her panel and hear from business leaders, economists, thought leaders, and President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Then, catch The Lead host, Graeme Raubenheimer, in candid interviews with SARS commissioner Edward Kieswetter and former finance minister Trevor Manuel on our jobs crisis and a range of other issues.

Lastly, we’ll share but a snippet of our five minutes door-stopping, as journos say, with Ramaphosa on the Johannesburg governance crisis.

All of this, On The Record, on The Lead on News24.

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