Unemployment in South Africa increased by 0.2 percentage points in the first quarter of 2023, driven by the formal and informal economic sectors, according to Stats SA’s latest data. Released on Tuesday, the organisation’s Quarterly…
Agricultural union TLU SA expressed disappointment in President Cyril Ramaphosa and the ANC government’s handling of the riots and looting that has taken place in South Africa over the past few days. “Trying to fix an enormous gaping…
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the launch of the Presidential Employment Stimulus he announced last week marked a fundamental shift in the government’s approach to tackling unemployment. Writing in his weekly newsletter on Monday,…
Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane has called on business to stave off retrenchments to bolster their revenue. Mabuyane was responding to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), released by Stats SA on Tuesday. The report revealed that…
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…
President Cyril Ramaphosa warned on Monday of a job loss tsunami in the aftermath of the Covid-19 lockdown. Ramaphosa, in his weekly newsletter, focused on the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. It was inevitable for people’s…
The world’s biggest unemployment crisis is right here in South Africa‚ according to economist Mike Schussler. Delivering the UASA trade union’s 17th South African Employment Report (SAER)‚ he said the number of unemployed had increased…
