Direct Selling: The Answer to South Africa's Rising Unemployment

South Africa, August 11, 2015 (Newswire.com) - A new blog is promising to provide cutting edge solutions to the rising unemployment challenges South Africa faces today. Failure to create jobs for over 25 percent of the population has placed government and business on a colliding warpath with the masses. A mining company recently announced that its planning to retrench 5000 employees and that can be catastrophic for the nation.

The JT Phalwane Organization has embarked on a mission to eradicate unemployment through educating people about possibilities and opportunities the small business entrepreneurship industry presents. “Removing unemployed people from the streets and giving them tools and knowledge to start small businesses is our primary focus” says JT Phalwane, founder of the organization.

"SMALL is the new big business"

JT Phalwane, Speaker & Entrepreneur

In a recent speech, The Minister of Small Business Development announced that research shows that 50% of employment came from small businesses. Leaders must quickly find ways of creating suitable environments even for non traditional businesses to thrive.

Direct Selling is one such industry that offers a low entry cost into the small business sector and there are thousands of formerly employed South Africans who have utilized this model to become successful entrepreneurs. The Organization believes that African governments must begin to formally regulate through the industry to eliminate elements of abuse and fraud