The Presidential Youth Employment Intervention (PYEI) has recorded progress in the period from January to March, the fourth quarter of the 2025/26 financial year, six years since its inauguration by the President in 2020.
This was highlighted by Deputy Minister in the Presidency Nonceba Mhlauli, speaking at a PYEI fourth-quarter progress report media briefing, in Pretoria, on June 19.
She explained that the PYEI is the country’s comprehensive flagship strategy designed to address the chronic youth unemployment crisis. It acts as a multi-sector action plan aimed at transitioning young people from ‘learning to earning’. It aims to complement existing systems by coordinating, accelerating and enhancing national efforts across government departments, the private sector and civil society.
Mhlauli acclaimed that the PYEI achieved progress across its core delivery components to transition young people from learning to earning.
“Our latest quarterly report confirms the massive scale of the National Pathway Management Network (NPMN). Currently, over 5.9-million young people are registered on SA Youth, and over 5.36-million are registered on Employment Services of South Africa (ESSA),” she highlighted.
