Deepest public spending cuts in 80 years planned.
More than 300 factories which pay lower than the required minimum wage — a third of them Chinese-owned — face closure, with potential job losses.
The employment figures released by Stats SA made a mockery of reports of economic growth, trade union Uasa said on Tuesday.
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/ 9 February 2010
SA’s official unemployment rate edged lower in the fourth quarter of 2009, halting massive job losses.
South Africa is keeping pace with global markets when it comes to job losses.
Mooinooi resident: Everyone is suffering here. Women will start to sell their bodies and there will be an increase in pregnancy.
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.
The increase in joblessness shows that government’s ambitious infrastructural development programmes are not doing enough to keep people in work.
It is important to know what you are entitled to legally when facing retrenchment, writes Maya Fisher-French.
… but many make their livelihoods there. Faranaaz Parker, Qudsiya Karrim and Percy Mabandu report.
Barack Obama is deploying every weapon in the presidential armoury to bolster his economic rescue strategy.
Cosatu: it does not make sense that the gold mines are jumping on the bandwagon of cutting jobs when the price of gold remains stable.
ANC leader Jacob Zuma has called on labour and business to ”make sacrifices” to avoid job losses, it was reported on Monday.
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/ 26 February 2009
Cosatu on Thursday expressed concern about companies using the global financial meltdown as an excuse to cut jobs and maximise profits.
Labour unions have welcomed the proposed delay in implementing the new mineral and mining royalties legislation as a good way to protect jobs.
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/ 9 February 2009
Anglo Platinum said on Monday that it would shed 10 000 jobs this year to cope with lower prices and sagging demand.
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/ 16 January 2009
The global economic crisis is stifling investment into Africa and will put heavy strain on the region, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said on Friday.
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/ 16 January 2009
Job losses will be widespread as mining companies restructure in view of weaker demand and lower resource prices, a consultancy said on Friday.
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/ 5 December 2008
Barack Obama on Friday called for an "urgent" effort to stimulate the US economy after the release of the worst job loss figures in 34 years.
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/ 4 December 2008
Consolidated Murchison, a division of Metorex, has entered into consultations with trade unions regarding the possible retrenchment of 400 employees.
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/ 3 December 2008
Another 1 000 permanent and contractual jobs could be lost in the mining industry, trade union Solidarity said on Wednesday.
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/ 2 December 2008
A task team has been set up to look at how to avert retrenchments in the mining sector, it was reported on Tuesday.
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/ 26 November 2008
Fedusa and its affiliates on Wednesday said they were worried about the number of possible job losses resulting from the global economic crisis.
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/ 12 November 2008
Few in the West have heard of Dongguan, but the chances are that your shoes, your TV or your children’s toys originated here.
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/ 7 November 2008
United States employers cut payrolls by a much steeper-than-expected 240 000 jobs in October.
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/ 4 November 2008
AECI expects to cut 640 jobs, the listed chemicals company said on Tuesday. This was due to the expected closure of two of its plants.
An influx of workers from China is receiving a mixed reception in Africa, where people both admire and resent the newcomers’ pursuit of wealth.
The talk in US newsrooms is all about redundancies. Mark Pinsky tells of how he lost his job.