FOUR IN TEN YOUTH UNEMPLOYED

More than four in ten Swazi youth are unemployed, new figures show.

That makes 280,000, or 42.6 percent, of the 668,000 people who are aged between 18 and 24.

The statistics also show that 756,000 out of 1.2 million Swazis currently live below the international poverty line of US$1 or E13 a day. 

The figures were contained in a report released by the Swaziland Ministry of Sports, Culture and youth affairs. Excerpts of the report were given at a workshop at Pigg’s Peak Hotel on Monday (24 October 2016).

See also

SWAZIS CAMP OUT TO BEG KING FOR JOBS

http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2016/07/swazis-camp-out-to-beg-king-for-jobs.html

 SWAZIS AMONG HUNGRIEST IN THE WORLD

http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2014/11/swazis-among-hungriest-in-world.html

THOUSAND PEOPLE IN JAIL FOR BEING POOR

http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2014/04/thousand-people-in-jail-for-being-poor.html

SEVEN IN TEN SWAZIS GO HUNGRY

http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2013/12/seven-in-10-swazis-go-hungry.html