Unemployment Blues

We were in the shebeen on Sat night, for a change, and there was a new guy there, that is, who isn't normally there, Lekua. He works part time as a carpenter, and was just fired from a job for messing it up. Now Lekua is a master carpenter, everybody in the Sloot has witnessed his excellent work. So what happened? It turns out he screwed up because he was making do with incorrect tools and equipment. The reason is the property owner asked him what to buy for his new kitchen, and Lekua explained as best he could. However, Lekua is not up to date with the latest in kitchen cupboard technology, and this was made worst by the fact that the kitchen owner left Lekua to work while he went to buy the various items. The result was Lekua was landed with a lot of stuff he had no idea what to do with, but attended to the job as any carpenter would under the circumstances. Now Lekua is depressed because, despite being a master carpenter, he can no longer offer kitchen installations. Probably not bathrooms either, and who knows what else? Why? Because he can't update his knowledge. He doesn't have money or time to buy the items, practice, chat with the people in the supply store. How many people are trained or partially trained, or need skill updating, and thats the only reason they're unemployed? How come is there no government sponsored training centre where Lekua, and the thousands like him, can go and find out what he needs to know? No. Instead, we have SETAs and government offices full of employees making strategic plans about skills and training. Why must we always overlook the simple solutions in favour of complicated ones which don't work? Why does no one, especially in the Government, care?