- 25 Sep 2012 07:48 - Staff Reporter
- Reverend Barney Pityana has taken a swipe at President Jacob Zuma and blamed South Africans for electing leaders without vision and basic competence.
- 10 Sep 2012 13:42 - Sapa
- Recruitment group Adcorp says South Africa faces a real prospect of a jobs recession as employment numbers fell for the third month.
- 07 Sep 2012 00:00 - Giles Tremlett
- A rise in Spanish unemployment has added to the woes of PM Mariano Rajoy as he tried to fight off a bailout of the eurozone's fourth largest economy.
- 28 Aug 2012 15:19 - Sapa
- Economist Chris Hart says the South African economy faces a major problem with its escalating levels of unemployment.
- 10 Jul 2012 13:12 - Helmo Preuss
- The latest Adcorp figures shows job losses in June have amounted to 31 781, bringing the total job losses for the past two months to 85 520.
- 31 May 2012 14:46 - Dick Forslund
- The Occupy movement continues to spread, amid growing outrage at the "1%" of people whose wealth allows them to dominate the world.
- 08 May 2012 01:27 - Sapa
- The economy has shed 75 000 jobs in the first quarter of the year, according to Stats SA.
- 20 Mar 2012 14:02 - Staff Reporter
- Employment in the formal non-agricultural sector grew slightly between the third and fourth quarters of last year, says Statistics SA.
- 17 Feb 2012 00:00 - Lisa Steyn
- At a time when job creation is the focus of economic policy, a colossal fight is brewing over the reliability of employment statistics in SA.
- 27 Jan 2012 00:00 - Larry Elliott
- World needs to create almost 600-million jobs in order to tackle unemployment caused by recession.
- 01 Nov 2011 12:56 - Staff Reporter
- South Africa's official jobless rate has eased to 25.0% of the labour force in the third quarter as the trade and finance sectors created jobs.
- 12 Sep 2011 13:51 - Staff Reporter
- Another 49 306 jobs were lost in August, the fourth consecutive monthly decline, while only government created jobs, an employment index has shown.
- 05 Sep 2011 08:32 - Matt Quigley
- World Bank president Robert Zoellick said the world economy was entering a "new danger zone". What can policymakers do about it?
- 28 Jul 2011 14:39 - Staff Reporter
- The unemployment rate increased to 25.7% between the first and second quarters of 2011, says Statistics South Africa.
- 09 Jun 2011 13:50 - Staff Reporter
- Unemployment, deep social challenges and capacity shortfalls could negatively affect the South African government's AAA rating, Moody's has warned.
- 07 Jun 2011 15:19 - Staff Reporter
- South Africa on Tuesday launched a R9-billion fund that aims to create 150 000 jobs in three years to fight the country's 25% unemployment rate.
- 06 Jun 2011 20:57 - Staff Reporter
- Six million South Africans want to work but can't find jobs, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Monday evening.
- 06 May 2011 00:00 - Lisa Steyn
- Economists are raising alarm over losses in the private sector and growth in government jobs.
- 03 May 2011 13:33 - Staff Reporter
- The unemployment rate increased by 1% between the fourth quarter of 2010 and the first quarter of 2011, Statistics SA said on Tuesday.
- 23 Mar 2011 07:59 - Staff Reporter
- The number of people employed in South Africa's non-agricultural sectors increased by 1,2% in the fourth quarter of 2010.
