The growth of our economy will have little value unless it creates employment on a far greater scale. The fact that the unemployment rate among young South Africans is more than 50% is essentially a national crisis that demands urgent, innovative and co-ordinated solutions. In this regard, all of us should see it as a requirement that we work together. And because more young people are entering the labour force every year, the economy needs to create far more jobs for the youth than it currently does. The brutal reality is that when it comes to youth unemployment, we have to run just to remain in the same place.