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President Cyril Ramaphosa says the Youth Employment Service (YES), which aims to prepare young people for employment, forms part of a broader plan to impart technical skills that will underpin the industrialisation of the economy.

Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi says there is an urgent need for government to act decisively and redouble efforts to resolve challenges facing young people, including unemployment.

The Inter-Ministerial Committee on Public Employment Programmes (PEP-IMC) is driving government’s effort to create 6 million work opportunities by 2019.