Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga believes that the youth of South Africa are crucial for the country’s industrial growth and have enormous potential for the country’s welfare. She proposes specialized programs to tackle youth unemployment and foster innovationled industrial strategies, including opportunities in green manufacturing, the ocean economy, agriculture, mining, and energy transitions. She calls for the establishment of an Action Plan and a Youth Unemployment Crisis Committee to ensure the proposed interventions are executed promptly. Minister Chikunga stresses the need for sincere evaluation and profound interventions, moving beyond surfacelevel alterations to the system, and establishing intelligent industrial towns and cities in strategic locations outside traditional urban centers.
