If only workers were not also people

Capitalist production will always follow those who are prepared to work for the cheapest rates.

State wage bill 'unsustainable'

Economists are raising alarm over losses in the private sector and growth in government jobs.

Fewer jobs, less spending

Deepest public spending cuts in 80 years planned.

Low wages may close down plants

More than 300 factories which pay lower than the required minimum wage -- a third of them Chinese-owned -- face closure, with potential job losses.

Reports of economic growth misleading, says union

The employment figures released by Stats SA made a mockery of reports of economic growth, trade union Uasa said on Tuesday.

SA unemployment edges lower, job losses halted

SA's official unemployment rate edged lower in the fourth quarter of 2009, halting massive job losses.

SA employment environment 'clearly negative'

South Africa is keeping pace with global markets when it comes to job losses.

Still crazy about soccer

Mooinooi resident: Everyone is suffering here. Women will start to sell their bodies and there will be an increase in pregnancy.

GMSA workers stand to lose jobs after Hummer sale

Three hundred workers at General Motors South Africa stand to lose their jobs following the sale of GMSA’s Hummer H3 brand to a Chinese company.

Job losses hit young, unskilled the hardest

The increase in joblessness shows that government's ambitious infrastructural development programmes are not doing enough to keep people in work.

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