JOHANNESBURG - Youth unemployment remains at staggering levels.
StatsSA released the latest unemployment data for the first quarter of the year earlier this week, with unemployment increasing to 32.9 percent.
Youth unemployment meanwhile -- which covers the ages between 15 and 34 years old -- is at 45.5 percent.
The total number of unemployed youth increased to 4.9 million while the number of employed youth is sitting at 5.9 million.
Leanne Emery Hunter, the COO of the Youth Employment Service initiative, says more is needed to address this ever-growing crisis.