The government’s failed attempts to address unemployment have left many without work, but there are ways to effectively overcome this
But forecasters are expecting the jobless rate to stay elevated, as load-shedding and inflation take their toll
High food and fuel prices have prompted trade unions to make bigger wage demands, which will exert upward pressure on longer-term inflation
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Rebuild efforts have been mired in concerns about looting, but it could provide a much-needed stimulus to a crisis-hit province
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Consumer price inflation increased to 5.9% in March, up from 5.7% in February
The Youth Employment Service is helping thousands of our youths to land that vital first job
Record new high for unemployment in South Africa, as Stats SA releases jobs data for the fourth quarter of 2021
More women than men are unemployed, partly because they are engaged in unpaid labour: caregiving, cooking and cleaning
They are seen as drivers of consumerism, but sidelined in the industry that uses their images to sell products
Consumer inflation is expected to remain close to the central bank’s 6% ceiling, amid war-induced oil price rally
Migrant workers are seen as contributing to South Africa’s unemployment crisis. But cutting them off threatens to throw the regional economy off kilter
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Last month’s budget was positive about the trajectory of the economy but near-term growth projection are only slightly higher than during South Africa’s darkest years
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The country’s economy shrank by 6.4% in 2020 but real GDP increased by 4.9% in 2021
South Africa’s role in helping improve statistical capacity in Africa
The private sector, experts say, cannot alone be entrusted with the important task of stopping South Africa’s unemployment tailspin
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LGBTQIA+ organisations have accused Stats SA of being discriminatory for excluding transgender, non-binary and intersex categories in a question relating to sex
The slowdown was helped by lower fuel prices. But this relief was temporary, as February saw another petrol hike
Privatisation stands to deepen inequalities. But some experts say collaboration between business and government can work in everyone’s interest
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Beset by political instability, the region is also the canary in the climate change coal mine
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Had our institutions been keeping up with the fourth industrial revolution and providing skills training, our corporates would be happy to employ their graduates.
Stakeholders are cautiously optimistic about 2022, citing relaxed restrictions and discussions with the government as reasons for hope.
Elevated inflation has become a stubborn feature of the global economy’s recovery from the Covid-19 slump and central banks have been forced to react
The largest drops in the third quarter were in the agriculture sector, trade and manufacturing.
The official unemployment rate rose to 34.9% in the third quarter of 2021 — the highest since 2008
The nascent Setsoto Service Delivery Forum is confident it can remove the ‘failing ANC’ in the chronically mismanaged Free State municipality
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After almost three weeks, labour and employers have reached a deal — setting the steel industry back on its path to recovery
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The proposal was made during the Cop15 biodiversity conference in China last week when the conference adopted a post-2020 framework to save nature
Oscar Mabuyane and MEC Babalo Madikizela allegedly used a portion of state funds for struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s commemoration for their own benefit
The municipality has accrued billions of rand in wasteful spending, and more than 6 000 putrid bucket toilets
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Speaking at a book launch on Tuesday, the finance minister said a focus on manufacturing is critical to stem the country’s deepening unemployment crisis
The industry has lost 23 000 jobs since 2012, according to a Statistics South Africa census
The economy grew for the fourth consecutive quarter, but the country is playing catch-up to its peers