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Jobs in SA: the way forward

The South African government has set itself a target of slashing the country’s unemployment rate by 10% -- from 25% to 15% -- in the next 10 years. The target, ultimately, will be to create 5 million new jobs in the next decade. Many questions about how these jobs will be created, and in deed in which industries, have been raised since government first mooted its New Growth Path. The ruling ANC is confident that this can be done, and has set specific targets which will see many key sectors of the economy expanding beyond their current bounds. These jobs will be achieved through five clusters of "job drivers", namely:

Infrastructure (energy, transport, water, housing and ICT)
Main economic sectors (agriculture agro-processing, mining and beneficiation, IPAP2, tourism etc)
Social capital (social economy and the public sector)
New economies, which include the green economy and
Knowledge economy (which includes rural development and African region development)

The table below shows which industries government has targeted in its plan to cut the unemployment rate from 25% to 15%:

Industry	Target sectors	Job Numbers Target
Infrastructure	Public investment Construction Operations maintenance Supplier industries	250 000
Mining	Up-scaling of mining output Beneficiation	140 000
Broad based manufacturing	Sectoral manufacturing outside of agriculture	350 000
Tourism	Cultural industries Knowledge economy	225 000
Business Services		50 000
Green Economy	Biofuels Solar and wind energy manufacturing	300 000 by 2020 400 000 by 2030
Knowledge Economy	ICT Higher education Healthcare New technologies Mining-related technologies Pharmaceuticals Biotechnology	100 000
Social Economy	Non-profit producers Co-ops Social investment vehicles	260 000
Rural Development	Infrastructure Marketing institutions Education Skills	500 000
African Regional Development	Exports of goods and services Logistic services	500 000

To boost this plan, the ANC has instructed all government departments to find ways of creating employment. The groundwork now has to be done in various spheres of government in order to create an environment conducive for job creation. The things to keep an eye on include infrastructure development, education and health, as these are the fundamentals off all healthy, thriving economies.

The fundamentals of a job conducive environment >>>

*Source: ANC website