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The department of public works say they created more than the required 600 000 job opportunities in the 2010/11 financial year.
Deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe has warned that SA must not fail to harness the economic upswing of the south to grow employment opportunities.
Business has a crucial role to play in the reconstruction of South Africa, ANC treasurer general Mathews Phosa said on Tuesday.
Agriculture and mining have the potential of creating many jobs, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said in Durban on Monday.
The department of transport’s multi-billion rand road maintenance programme will create 70 000 jobs, transport minister said on Monday.
The latest version of the Industrial Policy Action Plan will create 129 000 jobs, the Trade and Industry Minister said on Wednesday.
SA’s previous growth period had "not been strong on job creation" and growth is still slow by international standards, President Jacob Zuma said.
South Africans need to become as single-minded about creating jobs as they are about cricket and soccer, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said.
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/ 25 February 2011
A youth subsidy that would get people working at a fraction of the IDC’s costs will only start next year.
Job creation will be a priority throughout all spheres of government this year, Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel said on Tuesday.
President Jacob Zuma was expected to adopt a characteristically conciliatory approach in his annual State of the Nation address.
It has been a mixed bag of promises kept and broken since Jacob Zuma’s last State of the Nation address.
As President Jacob Zuma readies for his third State of the Nation address, there is no shortage of advice as to what he should say.
SA intends to create a R10-billion fund to tackle massive unemployment, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Tuesday.
The ANC is undermining its mission of creating five million new jobs through poor foreign policy, nepotism and ill-conceived legislation, the DA says.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) on Tuesday pledged its "undying support" to the ANC.
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/ 29 November 2010
Rapid growth in the war-torn Mozambican region is testimony to the power of foreign direct investment.
Less than 3 000 posts have been spared so far, despite government pumping R2.4‑billion into training layoff scheme.
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/ 5 February 2010
President Jacob Zuma is misleading the nation on job creation, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Friday.
Chicken restaurant chain KFC will create up to 9 000 new jobs in South Africa over the next three to five years, it said on Thursday.
With household spending cooling and businesses reining in production and investment and cutting staff, economic activity will be weak in 2009.
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/ 9 February 2009
Making his last speech in the National Assembly before giving up his seat and retiring, former DA leader Tony Leon called for job creation.
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/ 28 January 2009
The ANC may have to scale down some of its development programmes, SA Communist Party deputy general-secretary Jeremy Cronin said on Wednesday.
South Korea to invest in green projects in an effort to boost its slowing economy and create new jobs
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/ 18 September 2008
Job-creation programmes aimed at the youth in South Africa’s three largest metropolitan areas are not working, according to a new report.
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/ 3 September 2008
South Africa has a spirit of resilience but it needs to build a more tough-minded approach to competitiveness to grow the economy and create jobs.
Two different approaches to job creation were put forward on Wednesday by the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the Democratic Alliance.