About 850 000 people are employed as domestic workers in South Africa, contributing to 5.2% of the country’s total employment
The South African Reserve Bank has warned of an upside risk to the inflation outlook
A pause in the interest rate hiking cycle in July led to an increase in motor trade sales for the month
Thousands of livelihoods in the sugar supply chain are expected to be impacted by the closure
Collaboration is essential for interventions that inculcate entrepreneurship in our youth
The party is struggling to get its base out to vote, despite having a strong presence online and at rallies
Nearly half of the population in South Africa — one of the most unequal countries in the world — is considered chronically poor.
The industry has lost 23 000 jobs since 2012, according to a Statistics South Africa census
GDP rose 1.2% in the second quarter, but future growth indicators will likely be hit by July’s looting and unrest, as well as a dip in commodity prices
Over the last year, amid lockdowns and recession, the number of part-time jobs increased while full-time jobs took a cut in South Africa
The portfolio committee on public service and administration says it will call for additional funding so Stats SA can render its services effectively
Despite the government’s efforts to lessen the economic shock of the pandemic and the lockdown, businesses are struggling to keep their doors open
Graduates are being left in the lurch by a higher education department that is simply unable to deliver the crucial certificates proving their qualifications – in some cases dating back to 1992
Perhaps the government does want us to know how bad things really are
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
Stats SA’s latest GDP figures show the country’s economy has shrunk 2% in the first quarter of 2020
The president’s R500-billion economic package offers a new deal for desperate South Africans across the class divide
Technology has the potential to solve many of the country’s social problems such as electricity production and the eradication of pit latrines
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
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
State health facilities and the school curriculum have failed the youth, forcing young mothers into unsupported single parenthood
More than 5.3-million households and 21-million people don’t have clean water, despite money being spent on dams and pipelines to deliver water to 95% of the population. Sipho Kings looks at how R1.3-trillion worth of infrastructure has been subject to so much corruption and mismanagement that many places are worse off than in 1994, leaving the state with a R898-billion bill this decade
Most sectors of the economy reported negative growth, with mining, manufacturing and transport suffering the biggest falls
The emergence of an upwardly mobile black elite is a success story, but it remains under wraps
The low consumer price inflation could lead the central bank to cut interest rates, says economists
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
A recent court ruling stipulates that the provincial government must release it scholar transport policy by January 31
Experts say the increase in GDP is largely a result of a decrease in load-shedding in the second quarter
The unemployment figures in Statistics South Africa’s latest quarterly report are shocking, but 3.5-million people are missing from the official count
The number of South Africans without jobs now stands at 6.7-million