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OPINION: The Presidential Employment Stimulus helped to keep people connected to the labour market at a time when private sector opportunities have been limited, say the writers.

It is saddening to witness those with much-required skills — skills that allegedly are in short supply to build state capacity and private sector efficiency — being reduced to being unemployed and underemployed.

We cannot afford endless delays in addressing our unemployment problem because of bureaucratic red tape, outdated recruitment processes, lack of capacity and planning, or programmes that are short-lived or unsustainable, writes Cyril Ramaphosa.

The use of new technologies in offering employment opportunities has made recruitment much easier, quicker and more transparent.

In his weekly newsletter, the president said more than half a million South Africans had already benefitted from the first phase of Presidential Employment Stimulus, with several programmes still under way.