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Turf battles don't create jobs

Turf battles don't create jobs

18 May 2012 01:37 - Editorial
SA does not have a mild-to-moderate unemployment problem. That would allow the luxury of traditional thinking and politically safe solutions.
Spanish flu threatens banks

Spanish flu threatens banks

16 May 2012 12:49 - Guardian Reporters
As unemployment soars, financial institutions face rising bad debt and the need for a European Union rescue.
SA could learn from Spain's reform

SA could learn from Spain's reform

12 May 2012 01:58 - Kevin Davie
Everybody knows that if South Africa and Spain have one thing in common, it is an abundance of sun. But what about unemployment?

When a job is not working

19 Mar 2012 12:36 - Milisuthando Bongela
South Africa has the ability to arouse pride but it can also make one hate it with a passion.

It's been a bad, bad time for small businesses

12 Mar 2012 10:42 - Staff Reporter
New data shows that around 440 000 small businesses have closed in the past five years, and the number of businesses starting up is at a record low.
Opposition parties slate Zuma's SONA, but only just

Opposition parties slate Zuma's SONA, but only just

15 Feb 2012 11:51 - Andisiwe Makinana
Although opposition parties criticised President Jacob Zuma's acceptance of education and employment statistics, they were less scathing this year.
Zuma has a tough nut to crack in SONA

Zuma has a tough nut to crack in SONA

08 Feb 2012 12:23 - Justine Gerardy
South Africa's rampant unemployment and sluggish economy loom over President Jacob Zuma as he prepares to deliver his State of the Nation address.

Cosatu calls for protests over solar sector jobs failure

19 Jan 2012 09:35 - Paul Vecchiatto
Cosatu is planning protests over what it says is government's failure to implement job commitments with the importing of solar panel components.
Fitch drops SA's outlook to negative

Fitch drops SA's outlook to negative

13 Jan 2012 18:37 - Staff Reporter
Due to the country's failure to create jobs and improve economic growth, Fitch has revised South Africa's outlook from stable to negative.
Lagarde warns SA 2012 will be challenging

Lagarde warns SA 2012 will be challenging

06 Jan 2012 12:59 - Staff Reporter
The IMF's Christine Lagarde says the South African economy's biggest threats in 2012 will be unemployment and the eurozone crisis.

UK's unemployment level hits 17-year high

15 Dec 2011 11:54 - Meera Selva
Austerity measures, prolonged economic weakness and a eurozone crisis have taken their toll on UK's work force, with unemployment at a 17-year high.

A match made in need

02 Dec 2011 00:00 - Milisuthando Bongela
Sometimes the point to a story is not as necessary as the need to tell the story.
Millions get income from small business

Millions get income from small business

14 Oct 2011 20:42 - Teigue Payne
The recent National Planning Commission "jam" was dominated by suggestions from South Africans regarding what to do about unemployment.

Zuma calls for decent work policies in Africa

11 Oct 2011 20:52 - Hlengiwe Nhlabathi
Africa needs appropriate development policies to create decent work and put an end to poverty, President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday.
Growth fails to deliver jobs

Growth fails to deliver jobs

07 Oct 2011 00:00 - Lynley Donnelly
A number of SA businesses have to grow by 50% for the 2020 target of five million jobs to be met.

Greek crisis could spark exodus like WWII aftermath

05 Oct 2011 19:53 - Isabel Malsang
Many Greeks, their lives ravaged by the debt crisis, are thinking of emigrating like hundreds of thousands who left for foreign shores after WWII.

Expenditure growth slows in second quarter

13 Sep 2011 14:21 - Phumza Macanda
The pace of spending in the economy slowed sharply in the second quarter -- partly as household consumption eased -- but investment has picked up.
Obama faces tight restraints in crafting job plans

Obama faces tight restraints in crafting job plans

30 Aug 2011 07:52 - Jim Kuhnhenn
President Barack Obama is preparing a September jobs package to crank up employment but is hamstrung by budget cuts and a tight debt ceiling.

IMF forecast upbeat on SA's economic prospects

25 Aug 2011 19:04 - Lynley Donnelly
The IMF's latest report on the South African economy predicts a positive growth trend, but highlights necessary changes such as labour market reform.
'I want my friends to stay in school'

Video | 'I want my friends to stay in school'

16 Mar 2012 11:45
Haunted by his mother's unemployment and alcoholism, teenage photographer Morgan Faku is driven to document the fate of Alexandra's school dropouts.

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