▁in equal ities ▁influence ▁who ▁continues ▁to ▁higher ▁levels ▁of ▁education ; ▁black ▁South ▁Afr icans ▁report ▁that ▁fin ances ▁are ▁the ▁biggest ▁factor ▁in ▁leaving ▁school . ▁Dis abled ▁youth ▁tend ▁to ▁be ▁under re present ed ▁in ▁the ▁education ▁system , ▁which ▁leads ▁to ▁high ▁rates ▁of ▁un emp loyment . ▁ ▁Only ▁ 1 1 ▁percent ▁of ▁black ▁South ▁African ▁youth ▁and ▁ 7 ▁percent ▁of ▁col oured ▁youth ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 - 2 4 ▁year ▁age ▁bra cket ▁are ▁in ▁University , ▁compared ▁to ▁ 6 0 ▁percent ▁of ▁white ▁South ▁African ▁youth ▁as ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁Po or ▁quality ▁primary ▁and ▁secondary ▁school ing ▁are ▁key ▁reasons ▁for ▁the ▁low ▁rates ▁of ▁black ▁and ▁col oured ▁South ▁Afr icans ▁att ending ▁t ert i ary ▁education . ▁ ▁Un emp loyment ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁about ▁ 7 0 % ▁of ▁all ▁the ▁un emp loy ed ▁people ▁in ▁South ▁Africa ▁were ▁youth . ▁The ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁South ▁African ▁census ▁found ▁that ▁people ▁in ▁the ▁young est ▁age ▁groups ▁( 1 5 – 1 9 ▁years ▁and ▁ 2 0 – 2 4 ▁years ) ▁face ▁the ▁most ▁difficult ▁challeng es ▁in ▁the ▁country ' s ▁labour ▁market . ▁More ▁than ▁two - third s ▁of ▁people ▁between ▁ 1 8 - 3 5 ▁years ▁of ▁age ▁were ▁un emp loy ed ▁according ▁to ▁a ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁study . ▁Un emp loyment