South Africa is in the same situation as Nigeria. It will require political and moral will from the political, business and social elite to lead in promoting and advocating a change in attitude and focus on tapping and unlocking the skills of the masses who are unemployed and are desperate to develop the skills necessary to be economically empowered and contribute to society. It would require individual and social entrepreneurs to partner with private investors to establish high quality skills development and vocational centre, independent form the state and from political interference, as politicians in Africa have repeatedly failed to listen to the cries of the poor and the economically disempowered who would like to develop themselves. The Nigerian education system requires a radical overhaul and I am sure the same goes for South Africa as well. There should be more focus on skills and vocational training to boost our ailing human development and economy, rather than being obsessed with university degrees and theoretical learning that is devoid of skills acquisition. The whole system has been corrupted and we need to eradicate this and re-orientate the political and social class to move in the right direction on skills development