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Interviewer: Thank you very much for participating in the study that focuses on the effect of unemployment on psychological well-being. I will start the interview by asking you a few general questions. You can stop me at any time during the interview if there is a question that is not clear to you. I will explain it again until you understand. How long have you been unemployed?

Respondent: A few months ... I finished matric last year. Interviewer: Are you looking for work?

Respondent: I actually wanted to stay at home for a year. But if I get a job, I will take it! Interviewer: What general feelings do you experience on a daily basis as a result of being

unemployed?

Respondent: It's yoh! [Pause] It doesn't feel so nice because you don't have money! For example ... I don't have a cell phone and my mother doesn’t want to buy me one. She said I must go and work to buy myself a cell phone. Stuff like this. I want to go out, but there is no money! So it's holding me back a little. Interviewer: How does it make you feel when you want something but can't get it because

you don't have money?

Respondent: I feel bad ... disheartened. I feel down! Then I will rather go and work! Any work can come my way now! Like that. But okay! [Sighs]

Interviewer: How does unemployment affect how you see yourself? Respondent: [Pause] Can you repeat the question?

Interviewer: How do you see yourself as a person because you are unemployed?

Respondent: [Pause] For me it would have been better if I was still attending school. Then I didn't have to work. Because it's not nice! Because unemployment ... can cause you to stumble ...you get into temptation. You are unemployed ... it make you feel you are entitled to take that belong to other people. This is how

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it makes one feel. But ... it doesn't drive me to that. I feel I'll rather go and work so that I can stay busy.

Interviewer: Are you satisfied with your life as it is currently?

Respondent: Yes, I am! It's only that I can't find a job. And I also did not pass matric so well. [Pause] But at least I passed!

Interviewer: Does unemployment have an influence on how you spend your time? Respondent: It does! Like now it's only wake up, clean the house, sleep. This is all that I

do. But I enjoy being at home ... not working. [Laughs] There will maybe come a time when I will get bored of staying at home. But for now I am enjoying it. [Laughs]

Interviewer: What do you do on a typical day? Respondent: Wake up! [Laughs]

Interviewer: What time do you wake up in the morning?

Respondent: I wake up any time ... as long as I can sleep. I wake up ... clean the house ... eats. Like that ... that's about all. Or I will maybe visit my friend. Or we take a walk! Like last week we made an appointment to write for our learner’s drivers license. So we keep ourselves busy! And last week we went to fetch application forms at the municipality. But we must still complete the

application forms.

Interviewer: Okay. What is your attitude towards finding a job in the nearby future? Respondent: Can you repeat?

Interviewer: Say for example do you apply for jobs.

Respondent: The work history part on my CV ... there is nothing at my work history section. [Laughs] So I just feel ... I am not handing my CV in! They won't give me a chance anyway.

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Respondent: I don't think people will give me a chance! Because I have no experience. [Laughs]

Interviewer: Do you believe you will get a job?

Respondent: Yes. I will probably get a job! But not at the moment. But you never know! Interviewer: How do you cope with your unemployment?

Respondent: [Laughs] I don't know where to turn! Like I just want to borrow! But I get nothing. I would for example go to a person to borrow money and tell the person my mother will repay the money. Then I get into trouble with my mother because she tells me I can't borrow money and expect her to pay ... because I am unemployed. Like that. That's not nice! Because when I want money there is no money. I have to go and borrow from other people and then people don't want to borrow me money. Because they know I’m not working! So it's not nice like that!

Interviewer: How do you handle negative feelings the days that you feel down because of your unemployment situation?

Respondent: I go and sleep. Sometimes I will visit my friends and we have a nice chat. We really help each other a lot.

Interviewer: What type of support do you need and receive?

Respondent: Like in ... people must come to me and tell me 'did you hear they are looking for people at this place'. Like my mother's friend will always tell me when she knows about a work opportunity somewhere. She will tell me 'Did you hear they are looking for people? .... You must go there and find out.' or 'Bring your CV so that I can make changes to it'. Like that ... I get that support. But it's me! Because I am too lazy! [Pause] I’m very lazy ... I end up not doing it. [A confession that she has no desire to get as job .... that she wants to be in this situation]

Interviewer: Is there any type of support that you need but don't receive? Respondent: No, I get! I get!

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Interviewer: Do you think job creation organisations in Worcester do enough to help unemployed young people?

Respondent: [Pause] No. But I don't know either. Interviewer: Why do you say this?

Respondent: Because I don't hear a lot ... like uhm ... I heard from people there are a lot of vacancies at the police station. But now nobody knows about these jobs. So ... I don't know how it works. The municipality can for example ... employ more young people who completed matric. They just don't do enough. They can also launch more contracts!

Interviewer: Do you have any suggestions on how jobs can be created for unemployed young people?

Respondent: They can for example ... uhm ... help matriculants to start their own business. They can help us by giving us the startup money for the business. Or they can give us the business premises with all the equipment that we need. They can do that! Then we can pay monthly rental for the premises and we pay our employees.

Interviewer: What type of comments do you receive from community members regarding your unemployment?

Respondent: 'You must stand up and go and work'. [Laughs] 'You can't sit like that'. ‘They are looking for people there, go and inquire there'. Comments like that. Interviewer: How does it make you feel when people say these things?

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INTERVIEW 9: FEMALE PARTICIPANT NR 9