You're 100% right bro. I had a job straight after matric, went to varsity to waste my money and decided to get a job instead - quit that a year and now I've been working for myself for 6 years - my goal was to be free, the price was experiance.
In South Africa, the unemployment rate for young people (aged 15-34) was 45.5% in the first quarter of 2024, while the national unemployment rate was 32.9%. The majority of unemployed people in South Africa have an education level below matric (grade 12), while graduates have the lowest unemployment rate at around 10%. Never under estimate the importance of networking and a degree.
@@LM-he7eb they fail to realise that an education can give you tried and tested ways to enhance one's practical skills. We can't all be opening businesses, if we did, who would we hire to run them... Some of the highest paid folk are CEOs and directors who are educated, Switzerland, China, USA etc are proof that the more educated your people the better choices government makes. They lack natural resources yet they have a better gdp per capita than us. Education is important.
@@yungdsastar4392 Exactly. Trying to learn business by doing is simply re-inventing the wheel. It was already done by some people & they already theorised how it should be done. I always laugh when people who didn't study claim they are running successful businesses, look at their books & you'll see their businesses are full of inefficiencies. + they ALWAYS have tax issues
South African unemployment stats ae all lies..., There are 41 million people of working-age in South Africa... Only 16.9-million are employed and less than 2-million are in Tertiary-Education or Job-Training... That's 22-million people unemployed...That does not add up to 32%...it's a lot more...but we've been mentally trained not to look beyond the face-value stats!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good advice brother. Most people will give you basic advice because they don’t have nothing more than that. Everyone struggles. Skills and education will put you in better chances of luck. However it is not guaranteed. Nothing is guaranteed. I’d say if any door opens, get in there. I understand gap year can be beneficial. Just like any other tool it can be used well and can be misused. Gap years turn some people to iphara, and some gap years are mind opening. A take away from this would be keeping your mind open and try to take opportunities. Sometimes we don’t get what we want. It’s what we make from what we get.
I agree with him as a 3x graduate MBA candidate. We had a guy who was in our class end of gradev11 he borrowed R260k from his dad and started a second hand dealership he paid his dad back within 6 months. Life is not an equation
I think almost everyone should take a gap year after matric. If not to volunteer, to just simply think. Matric is usually such a stressful time, you shouldn't trust yourself to make the best decisions going through all that stuff.
That's so true my guy.... The MATRIX has people under it's armpits. I hope this video goes viral so that one day some man and women thank you for your advice 🙏🏼
I hear what you’re saying bro but I don’t think on a larger scale you thought everything through. Going to school is not because your family has money but in reality is a better chance at making something of yourself if you’re from an average family economically. The thing is we look at the few who made it big without going to school and forget the overwhelming majority who didn’t, yes going to varsity won’t make you rich but can be a good start to help yourself achieve some dreams. We always say “that rather have your parents give you the money that they were gonna send you to varsity with to start your own business forgetting that majority of South African parents don’t have that lump-some and would be paying for your studies in a monthly basis for those who don’t have bursaries(the so called missing middle). Many people start and remain as small business owners but we only document the few who made it big. Also know what to study in varsity people, love for a job is not enough, it should allow you to eat good well. Speaking on engineers, the majority of people who don’t pursue tertiary education for such degrees remain as the local mechanic and that’s not an engineer bro. Do you think BMW would employ a grade 12 to be their engineer or would that person be the work force only being coordinated by the graduate. Also there are careers wherein no matter your experience, you can never practice in them like being a medical doctor or a lawyer ( it’s actually illegal even). Yes there is a chance you can make it big without going to school but that chance is exponentially big if you come from a well off family and for most of us unfortunately, going to school is still our best bet though we can get disappointed and it truly is discouraging when you don’t find work afterwards. The reality is that most tuckshop owners remain as such but if not having a boss means so much to you to a point wherein you’re making peanuts then that’s fine, and I’m not making fun of tuckshop owners, I’m just saying one shouldn’t choose such if there’s an opportunity to be more.
@@andisa9599 well spoken. That's why we have so many unemployed youth without tertiary qualifications. Switzerland has little to no resources but their education paid off. They has so many PhD holders its no wonder they are living well and running businesses in our countries.
Facts📍..TVET College is the one, is fast, you get a skill, no theory, just calculations and practicals...❤... Practicals Practicals are a way forward..❤..
Yesterday I saw a video where they interviewed South Africans who have jobs, majority well paying and majority were white I must say...there were no black people in this video or coloured people. I think there were a few indians tho. Majority went to university and said they don't regret it, they feel like the theory the learnt was valuable in their job. There was one lady who got a job without a degree or any studies in the field and she said that she earns less money for the same work that her colleagues are doing but they earn way more only for the fact that they have degrees and she does not. So she would say that having a degree definitely would have benefitted her more. There is different paths for everyone yes and university is not the right path for everyone. But in the end, people do earn higher salaries and get better jobs when they are educated. Yes you can be lucky to find a job without a qualification in that field but those people are the minority. Now you apply for a job that requires a degree, they won't even consider your application because you don't have the degree they are looking for. Life is hard for everyone but schools are not trying to say you are a failure if you do not go to uni, they mean well in the end when they say you should go because degree holders are more likely to find work and earn higher salaries on average.
I saw that video tbh getting a job without a degree is white privilege it’s always ‘I knew a friend’. I think if you don’t have family with connections getting a degree that actually has employable jobs will do you better. If you are a person of colour who knows you have nothing fall back on, go to varsity. like that girl who worked in fashion didn’t have a degree and got her job from a friend, that doesn’t always happen.
Wow what a great poem.or is it a Novel?..u can write man..this is like a whole story book worth 150 pages....please get a publisher to help with ur book
This is soo true. Investment banks want people with degrees, ANY degrees. They don't care about your experience. People who think university is just "theory" do not know that theory is codified practice & skills & have an issue decoding that theory back to skill.
Brother Decent I like your content but to face reality my brother taking a gap year in South Africa specially in the townships brings pure depression as jobs are no where to be found so before they take gap year they must first look where they are imagine having unemployed parents and u are busy volunteering
I upgraded my matric and only had level 5s and 6s but getting into varsity was hard I was rejected so many places, depression didn't come from being rejected but from the family and friends who thought I wasn't doing enough, they even treat you differently, psychologically it's draining😭
While South Africa's matric system serves as an essential milestone for students, it is fraught with challenges related to inequality, curriculum relevance, and the high stakes attached to the final exams. Reform efforts are needed to ensure that the system is more equitable, prepares students for both academic and vocational pathways, and better equips them for the realities of the job market and higher education.
I was not sent to college by my folks and i did not do well in matric and had a very high rate of disturbance everyday which distracted my brain, i only managed to go to college in 2019 and qualified in record time and i am proud
My man u r real n u speak truth ok let me put in this way u know always malema say to south Africans which qualifications white people's the hve it the don't but what they r did after finish metric they go to technical college to learn the skills after he think about the university level that is reason why we got alot of people working in government getting paid fr nothing
well here is the thing if education is not a necessity, why does 90% businesses fail in the first five years, see sometimes what you dont know will hurt you, if you are educated you reduce your chances of hard school of knocks, well indeed you still need practicals, these views shared by this fellow are vague and there is numerious research that when you expand your learning you are 90% likely to secure a job in a South african context . And another thing not everyone is bound to be an entrepreneur, don't be scammed on the idea anyone can open a business and not die financially in fact once you own a business you are more exposed to vulnerability
Education is an easy way out… but you need to study a right course. I advise against gap year. Try to go to tertiary as soon as possible… avoid useless courses.
I think this lie around throughput matters brings more travesty than dealing with reality. Social capital will cause a mirrage for black disadvantaged folks. Seemingly, we forget that class is the measurement of generational success. More or less effort to get a degree and enter spaces is not dependent on your level of skill, mostly your standard of living. If you think I am lying check the level of unemployment across categories of spatial human settlement and level of income😅
This is actually a bad video... I have two degrees... And I am doing none of the things that I studied...because I keep being interested in different things... The real problem in the township community is NO-ONE HAS EVER BEEN EXPOSED TO ANYTHING... YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE DEGREES AND QUALIFICATIONS IN THE WORLD BUT IF YOU DON'T KNOW REALITY YOU ARE STILL AS USELESS AS A GRADE-8 Horrible video... the problem is not what this guy says... The reality is that our parents don't know anything about anything and can't advice us on anything to do with real life... And there isn't ONE SINGLE professional in the township to give any advice... Let's not confuse the fact that we're not exposed to the world with the fact that formal theoretic degrees are useless... The real problem is our growing up not exposed to anything!!!
My brother try telling that to our black parents that only think that “education is the key to success”
Indian parents too, my brother 😅
@@hoddytop5 majority of unemployed youth are uneducated. Check the statssa site and other studies.
You're 100% right bro. I had a job straight after matric, went to varsity to waste my money and decided to get a job instead - quit that a year and now I've been working for myself for 6 years - my goal was to be free, the price was experiance.
Excellent
Nothing but truth! I’m 37 and I’ve learned that late
In South Africa, the unemployment rate for young people (aged 15-34) was 45.5% in the first quarter of 2024, while the national unemployment rate was 32.9%. The majority of unemployed people in South Africa have an education level below matric (grade 12), while graduates have the lowest unemployment rate at around 10%.
Never under estimate the importance of networking and a degree.
Exactly. They loooove focusing on outliers. The best way to alleviate unemployment is by getting a degree
@@LM-he7eb they fail to realise that an education can give you tried and tested ways to enhance one's practical skills. We can't all be opening businesses, if we did, who would we hire to run them...
Some of the highest paid folk are CEOs and directors who are educated, Switzerland, China, USA etc are proof that the more educated your people the better choices government makes. They lack natural resources yet they have a better gdp per capita than us.
Education is important.
@@yungdsastar4392 Exactly. Trying to learn business by doing is simply re-inventing the wheel. It was already done by some people & they already theorised how it should be done. I always laugh when people who didn't study claim they are running successful businesses, look at their books & you'll see their businesses are full of inefficiencies. + they ALWAYS have tax issues
Almost 80% unemployment rate
South African unemployment stats ae all lies..., There are 41 million people of working-age in South Africa... Only 16.9-million are employed and less than 2-million are in Tertiary-Education or Job-Training... That's 22-million people unemployed...That does not add up to 32%...it's a lot more...but we've been mentally trained not to look beyond the face-value stats!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good advice brother. Most people will give you basic advice because they don’t have nothing more than that. Everyone struggles. Skills and education will put you in better chances of luck. However it is not guaranteed. Nothing is guaranteed. I’d say if any door opens, get in there. I understand gap year can be beneficial. Just like any other tool it can be used well and can be misused. Gap years turn some people to iphara, and some gap years are mind opening. A take away from this would be keeping your mind open and try to take opportunities. Sometimes we don’t get what we want. It’s what we make from what we get.
Did you hear? MP's want to change the pass rate to 50%. I read it today.
they must, 30% was bull (it's basically a fail)
@@KatlehoVilakazi 😅 true
I agree with him as a 3x graduate MBA candidate. We had a guy who was in our class end of gradev11 he borrowed R260k from his dad and started a second hand dealership he paid his dad back within 6 months. Life is not an equation
I think almost everyone should take a gap year after matric. If not to volunteer, to just simply think. Matric is usually such a stressful time, you shouldn't trust yourself to make the best decisions going through all that stuff.
I agree not everyone knows what they want to study after matric ..some choose later in life.
You are quite clever, Decent. Everything you said is true. Thanks for sharing this advice
That's so true my guy.... The MATRIX has people under it's armpits.
I hope this video goes viral so that one day some man and women thank you for your advice 🙏🏼
y'all will die broke trying to "escape the matrix", just study, pass, get a decent degree and get a job, it's that easy bro
God bless brother. Please keep sharing this message🙏🏾
PERFECTLY RIGHT........
2017 matriculant here l used the gap year to upgrade my marks
I hear what you’re saying bro but I don’t think on a larger scale you thought everything through. Going to school is not because your family has money but in reality is a better chance at making something of yourself if you’re from an average family economically. The thing is we look at the few who made it big without going to school and forget the overwhelming majority who didn’t, yes going to varsity won’t make you rich but can be a good start to help yourself achieve some dreams. We always say “that rather have your parents give you the money that they were gonna send you to varsity with to start your own business forgetting that majority of South African parents don’t have that lump-some and would be paying for your studies in a monthly basis for those who don’t have bursaries(the so called missing middle). Many people start and remain as small business owners but we only document the few who made it big. Also know what to study in varsity people, love for a job is not enough, it should allow you to eat good well. Speaking on engineers, the majority of people who don’t pursue tertiary education for such degrees remain as the local mechanic and that’s not an engineer bro. Do you think BMW would employ a grade 12 to be their engineer or would that person be the work force only being coordinated by the graduate. Also there are careers wherein no matter your experience, you can never practice in them like being a medical doctor or a lawyer ( it’s actually illegal even). Yes there is a chance you can make it big without going to school but that chance is exponentially big if you come from a well off family and for most of us unfortunately, going to school is still our best bet though we can get disappointed and it truly is discouraging when you don’t find work afterwards. The reality is that most tuckshop owners remain as such but if not having a boss means so much to you to a point wherein you’re making peanuts then that’s fine, and I’m not making fun of tuckshop owners, I’m just saying one shouldn’t choose such if there’s an opportunity to be more.
@@andisa9599 well spoken. That's why we have so many unemployed youth without tertiary qualifications. Switzerland has little to no resources but their education paid off. They has so many PhD holders its no wonder they are living well and running businesses in our countries.
Facts📍..TVET College is the one, is fast, you get a skill, no theory, just calculations and practicals...❤... Practicals Practicals are a way forward..❤..
@@nokuthulamtsweni2902 your boss will be holding a degree. You can't be a doctor, scientist or engineer without university.
Yesterday I saw a video where they interviewed South Africans who have jobs, majority well paying and majority were white I must say...there were no black people in this video or coloured people. I think there were a few indians tho. Majority went to university and said they don't regret it, they feel like the theory the learnt was valuable in their job. There was one lady who got a job without a degree or any studies in the field and she said that she earns less money for the same work that her colleagues are doing but they earn way more only for the fact that they have degrees and she does not. So she would say that having a degree definitely would have benefitted her more.
There is different paths for everyone yes and university is not the right path for everyone. But in the end, people do earn higher salaries and get better jobs when they are educated. Yes you can be lucky to find a job without a qualification in that field but those people are the minority. Now you apply for a job that requires a degree, they won't even consider your application because you don't have the degree they are looking for.
Life is hard for everyone but schools are not trying to say you are a failure if you do not go to uni, they mean well in the end when they say you should go because degree holders are more likely to find work and earn higher salaries on average.
I saw that video tbh getting a job without a degree is white privilege it’s always ‘I knew a friend’. I think if you don’t have family with connections getting a degree that actually has employable jobs will do you better. If you are a person of colour who knows you have nothing fall back on, go to varsity. like that girl who worked in fashion didn’t have a degree and got her job from a friend, that doesn’t always happen.
Wow what a great poem.or is it a Novel?..u can write man..this is like a whole story book worth 150 pages....please get a publisher to help with ur book
This is soo true. Investment banks want people with degrees, ANY degrees. They don't care about your experience.
People who think university is just "theory" do not know that theory is codified practice & skills & have an issue decoding that theory back to skill.
Thanks for sharing this valuable advice. You are on point!
Let's him cook👏 This is good advice🙌 I wish someone had told me this 8 years ago
You Don't Need A Degree Or College To Be Successful Or To Make It In Life . WORK EXPERIENCE IS GREATER THAN QUALIFICATIONS .❤
Tell that to my parents PLEASE 😭😭😭
@@andaniletlalo2877 I Feel You 💯🥲
Cassper Ensured that with Talent you can make it in life without having degree
GOD is with you, but your people need to know, what is Africa, because, africa is one person
Decent, thank you for your wonderful video. This is the best video I have seen on this subject. Well done.
Brother Decent I like your content but to face reality my brother taking a gap year in South Africa specially in the townships brings pure depression as jobs are no where to be found so before they take gap year they must first look where they are imagine having unemployed parents and u are busy volunteering
I upgraded my matric and only had level 5s and 6s but getting into varsity was hard I was rejected so many places, depression didn't come from being rejected but from the family and friends who thought I wasn't doing enough, they even treat you differently, psychologically it's draining😭
While South Africa's matric system serves as an essential milestone for students, it is fraught with challenges related to inequality, curriculum relevance, and the high stakes attached to the final exams. Reform efforts are needed to ensure that the system is more equitable, prepares students for both academic and vocational pathways, and better equips them for the realities of the job market and higher education.
You are the man
Sending this to my younger sister who is in matric.
I was not sent to college by my folks and i did not do well in matric and had a very high rate of disturbance everyday which distracted my brain, i only managed to go to college in 2019 and qualified in record time and i am proud
You’re right sir.
Mhm well said!!❤
Shared and subscribed. Thank you bruh!
My man u r real n u speak truth ok let me put in this way u know always malema say to south Africans which qualifications white people's the hve it the don't but what they r did after finish metric they go to technical college to learn the skills after he think about the university level that is reason why we got alot of people working in government getting paid fr nothing
That's true boy
Very True
❤Tnx for this fruitful advice my bratha😊
This is great ntwana,keep pushing 👌🏾👏🏾
Well done brother. I really like your work.
well here is the thing if education is not a necessity, why does 90% businesses fail in the first five years, see sometimes what you dont know will hurt you, if you are educated you reduce your chances of hard school of knocks, well indeed you still need practicals, these views shared by this fellow are vague and there is numerious research that when you expand your learning you are 90% likely to secure a job in a South african context . And another thing not everyone is bound to be an entrepreneur, don't be scammed on the idea anyone can open a business and not die financially in fact once you own a business you are more exposed to vulnerability
But it is what it is, bro
Also, you're incredibly mature for your age! Keep up the good work bro.
100% bro.
Education is an easy way out… but you need to study a right course. I advise against gap year. Try to go to tertiary as soon as possible… avoid useless courses.
This isn't great advice
If it worked for you good but it won't work for others
Bro it's too late 😭🙏(I'm COOKED)
Realll😭😭😭
⭐!
I think this lie around throughput matters brings more travesty than dealing with reality. Social capital will cause a mirrage for black disadvantaged folks. Seemingly, we forget that class is the measurement of generational success. More or less effort to get a degree and enter spaces is not dependent on your level of skill, mostly your standard of living. If you think I am lying check the level of unemployment across categories of spatial human settlement and level of income😅
I had a friend at Wits who would have nothing but a Wits degree. Sometimes, it's because of ego.
Rosebank College
Bro clearly didn't do engineering 😂. Mechanical engineers don't know how to fix cars
lol. A spaza shop won't teach you anything about management accounting.
O tshaba skolo o
This is actually a bad video... I have two degrees... And I am doing none of the things that I studied...because I keep being interested in different things... The real problem in the township community is NO-ONE HAS EVER BEEN EXPOSED TO ANYTHING... YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE DEGREES AND QUALIFICATIONS IN THE WORLD BUT IF YOU DON'T KNOW REALITY YOU ARE STILL AS USELESS AS A GRADE-8
Horrible video... the problem is not what this guy says... The reality is that our parents don't know anything about anything and can't advice us on anything to do with real life... And there isn't ONE SINGLE professional in the township to give any advice... Let's not confuse the fact that we're not exposed to the world with the fact that formal theoretic degrees are useless... The real problem is our growing up not exposed to anything!!!
Gab year after 30 percent pass rate ,are you for real?
O bua nnete bra yaq eish life after matric
Bad timing