GOOD Statement by Kaden Arguile,
GOOD National Youth Chairperson
14 August 2025
The GOOD Party will join the National Dialogue to confront South Africa’s youth unemployment crisis, a ticking time bomb for social stability. The latest QLFS shows 8.4 million people unemployed, 3.4 million discouraged work seekers, and young people aged 15–34 bearing the brunt.
These numbers are more than statistics, they represent millions of young people’s lost opportunities, crushed ambitions, and growing despair. Prolonged unemployment fuels frustration and hopelessness. This week’s violent incidents – from the attacks on e-hailing drivers in Soweto to the torching of a Home Affairs building in Germiston – are a stark warning of how desperation can boil over into destructive action.
GOOD believes the National Dialogue must confront these urgent realities head-on. Our delegation will ensure young people’s voices are heard and will demand bold, practical action to create jobs, restore hope, and prevent our nation from sliding into deeper instability.
For GOOD, participation is not about talk for talk’s sake – it’s about ensuring that the conversation leads to decisive action to tackle inequality, unemployment, and the exclusion of young people from the economy. The cost of ignoring youth unemployment will be far greater than the cost of investing in their future.
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