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/ 27 January 2012
World needs to create almost 600-million jobs in order to tackle unemployment caused by recession.
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/ 1 November 2011
South Africa’s official jobless rate has eased to 25.0% of the labour force in the third quarter as the trade and finance sectors created jobs.
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/ 12 September 2011
Another 49 306 jobs were lost in August, the fourth consecutive monthly decline, while only government created jobs, an employment index has shown.
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/ 5 September 2011
World Bank president Robert Zoellick said the world economy was entering a "new danger zone". What can policymakers do about it?
The unemployment rate increased to 25.7% between the first and second quarters of 2011, says Statistics South Africa.
Unemployment, deep social challenges and capacity shortfalls could negatively affect the South African government’s AAA rating, Moody’s has warned.
South Africa on Tuesday launched a R9-billion fund that aims to create 150 000 jobs in three years to fight the country’s 25% unemployment rate.
Six million South Africans want to work but can’t find jobs, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Monday evening.
Economists are raising alarm over losses in the private sector and growth in government jobs.
The unemployment rate increased by 1% between the fourth quarter of 2010 and the first quarter of 2011, Statistics SA said on Tuesday.
The number of people employed in South Africa’s non-agricultural sectors increased by 1,2% in the fourth quarter of 2010.
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/ 26 October 2010
The unemployment rate for the third quarter of 2010 was virtually unchanged at 25,3%, Statistics SA said on Tuesday.
The problem of nearly three million youths ‘not in employment, education or training’ won’t be solved by FET colleges, writes <b>Michael Cosser</b>