Chapter 02 · Human-capital production
From intake to twelve-month retention
The training-to-retention chain is the most consequential — and the most leaky — pipeline in South Africa's economy. Here it is, stage by stage.
The pipeline
Ten stages, one chain of accountability
"Of every 100 South Africans who enter trade training, fewer than 34 are still in the same job twelve months after placement. That gap is where this satellite account lives."