eNCA | 2011 Census: SA's Young Population a Concern

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Johannesburg, October 31 -- South Africa has one of the youngest populations in the world.  Census 2011 reports the country's average age at 25, with just over a third of the population aged 15 or younger.  But Statistics South Africa warns that 60 percent of the country's unemployed do not have a matric certificate, casting doubt over their ability to enter the labour force.

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