Speaker, the Goldman Sachs Two Decades of Freedom report released today shows that unemployment in South Africa has increased significantly since 1994. According to the report, narrow unemployment has gone up by 5,6% in the past two decades and now sits at 25,7%, while broad unemployment is up by 5,3% and now sits at 36,8%.
This report confirms that the ANC-led government has failed to tackle unemployment during its tenure.
Last week's the Quarterly Labour Force Survey, QLFS, revealed that 3,3 million young South Africans are not in employment, education or training programmes and that 6,8 million South Africans are unemployed or have given up looking.
Despite some achievements by government, a two-decade long failure to tackle unemployment still mars the ANC's track record.
The DA, on the other hand, is committed to actively building a job-creating economy. Where we govern, we continue to implement innovative strategies to encourage economic growth and sustainable job creation. We will do the same in other provinces where we are elected to government in next year's election. [Interjections.] [Applause.]