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Youth unemployment in South Africa: challenges, concepts and opportunities

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    Cecil Mlatsheni & Murray Leibbrandt

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Mlatsheni, C., Leibbrandt, M. Youth unemployment in South Africa: challenges, concepts and opportunities. J Int Relat Dev 14, 118–126 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1057/jird.2010.24

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