The decline in employment has been accompanied by a larger increase in economic inactivity, resulting in a 42% expanded unemployment rate
Developing countries have been hit harder by the Covid-19 downturn than in past economic crises
The data shows 17 000 more people have died than usual since May, but only 6 000 deaths have officially been attributed to Covid-19
The harmful economic effect of the pandemic has seen small businesses lose out, but others have been able to survive by changing to suit the times
After Easter there was an uptick in domestic violence cases in the country. Shelters have lost income and social workers are having to field as many as 1000 calls a day from women who are now stuck at home with their abusive partners
The president’s R500-billion economic package offers a new deal for desperate South Africans across the class divide
Sit up, take notice and get angry that a third of South African households have R120 or less a person a week for food, let alone nutritious food
Technology has the potential to solve many of the country’s social problems such as electricity production and the eradication of pit latrines
Last week, the International Labour Organisation warned that the economic fallout of the coronavirus outbreak would have a devastating effect on global working poverty
But to do so, it will have to provide genuine universal access to marginalised communities, including refugees and migrants
The latest economic figures and the effect of the coronavirus on the global economy are bad news for South Africa’s already tepid domestic growth outlook
One man is pushing for a change to labour legislation that will allow workers to take paid time off to look after their parents
President warns of tougher economic times ahead as the world’s leaders plan for a global economic slowdown
The country’s economy grew by only 0.2% in 2019, after it experienced contractions in both the third and fourth quarter
The government, business, labour and civil society must work together to link potential employees to productive and decent jobs
As the government bails out state-owned entities, it is leaving a hole in the budget of the agency tasked with telling us what South Africa looks like — one that is crucial to government decisions
New research details how the department was broken, profiting a select few and leaving a third of South Africa’s population without clean water
Young people want better representation in the corridors of power, a decent education and an economy that guarantees them jobs
Labour statistics show that more jobs were created in the fourth quarter of 2019, but the rate of increase hasn’t kept up with the growth of the potential workforce, leaving the unemployment rate constant, at 29.1%
State health facilities and the school curriculum have failed the youth, forcing young mothers into unsupported single parenthood
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The emergence of an upwardly mobile black elite is a success story, but it remains under wraps
The label is used so often it runs the risk of monotony. A new report sheds light on the full, multidimensional nightmare of South African inequality
The unemployment figures in Statistics South Africa’s latest quarterly report are shocking, but 3.5-million people are missing from the official count
StatsSA released South Africa’s economic output on Tuesday with the main contributors to the collapse being manufacturing, mining and agriculture
The survey found marginal improvement in access to services on average but with persistent inequality across provinces and demographics
According to StatsSA, the country’s labour force has decreased by 176 000 people between the first quarter of 2019 and the last quarter of 2018
Figures released by Statistics South Africa showed that CPI increased, mainly because of the increased cost of transport and insurance.
Food insecurity remains a pressing issue in South Africa – one that every individual, organisation and government body should commit to ending
Stats SA reported that non-agricultural formal sector employment dropped from 9 817 000 in March 2018 to 9 748 000 in June 2018
Let’s not fool ourselves: this is not a budget that’s friendly to the poor or the vulnerable
After the recent xenophobic violence in SA the New York Times wrote that five million immigrants call South Africa home. Is this number exaggerated?