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Centre for Development Enterprise executive director Ann Bernstein says the country has to be much more serious about the ever-growing jobs crisis.Image: Picture: 123RF/ KRITCHANUT
UNEMPLOYED SOUTH AFRICANS

SA grappling with ‘world’s deepest unemployment crisis’: Ann Bernstein

SA’s main challenge is to get millions of unemployed youths into jobs by ensuring that the economy is able to absorb many people, Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) executive director Ann Bernstein said on Wednesday. Bernstein…

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Social development minister Lindiwe Zulu has come under fire after police used water cannons on social grant applicants during her visit last week to a Sassa office in Cape Town. File photo.Image: Linda Mthombeni
AGES OF 18 AND 59

Government considering universal basic income grant for unemployed South Africans: Lindiwe Zulu

The government is considering introducing a universal basic income grant for unemployed South Africans between the ages of 18 and 59. Social development minister Lindiwe Zulu said discussions for the introduction of the grant had been put…

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