... www.hsrcpress.ac.zaEmployment and EconomicPolicyResearchProgramme,OccasionalPaper1SeriesEditor:DrMiriamAltman,ExecutiveDirector:Employment and EconomicPolicyResearchProgrammeof the HumanSciencesResearchCouncilPublishedbyHSRCPressPrivateBagX9182,CapeTown,8000,SouthAfricawww.hsrcpress.ac.za©2005HumanSciencesResearchCouncilFirstpublished2005Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilisedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,includingphotocopying and recording,orinanyinformationstorageorretrievalsystem,withoutpermissionin writing from the publishers.ISSN:181 4-3 75XISBN: 0-7 96 9-2 10 2-4 CoverbyJennyYoungTypesetting and printmanagementbyCompressDistributedinAfricabyBlueWeaverMarketing and Distribution,POBox30370,Tokai,CapeTown,7966,SouthAfrica.Tel:+27+2 1-7 0 1-4 477Fax:+27+2 1-7 0 1-7 302Email:booksales@hsrc.ac.zaDistributedworldwide,exceptAfrica,byIndependentPublishersGroup,814NorthFranklinStreet,Chicago,IL60610,USA.www.ipgbook.comToorder,calltoll-free: 1-8 0 0-8 8 8-4 741Allotherinquiries,Tel:+1+31 2-3 3 7-0 747Fax:+1+31 2-3 3 7-5 985Email:Frontdesk@ipgbook.comFree download from www.hsrcpress.ac.zaPreface The Employment and EconomicPolicyResearchProgrammeof the HumanSciencesResearch ... self-employment and, even then,mainly thosein the medical and legalfields.Overall,onlyasmallproportionofgraduatesin the surveywereinself-employment. The movementbetween the public and privatesectorwasmuchmoresignificant. The publicsectorisanimportantfirstemployer,particularlyforAfricangraduates.Otherracegroupstendtofindsubsequentjobsin the privatesector,whileAfricangraduatestendtoremaininpublicsectoremployment. The publicsectoriscruciallyimportantforAfricangraduates–76,7%of the Africangraduatessurveyedfound ... www.hsrcpress.ac.za14PercyMoleke15InequalitiesinHigherEducation and the Structure of the LabourMarketineducationorin the labourmarket,havedonelittletoaddress the inequalitiesof the past. The lackoflabour marketinformation and proper...