The South African Child Gauge has released a study which shows that more than half of all young people in the country live in poverty and are faced with low education and unemployment.

The Gauge, which is the annual publication of the Children’s Institute at the University of Cape Town, focussed on the youth between the ages of 15 and 24.

Senior researcher in the UCT’s Poverty and Inequality Initiative, Dr Ariane De Lannoy says, “We find that a large portion of young people continue to live in poverty, about 58% of youths live in households with income below R620 per person per month and in general young  people’s situation isn’t that great, their education outcome are quiet low.”

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