The message that entrepreneurship is the key to salvation keeps the poor and youths in their place
Thobekani Mpungose speaks to the Daily Vox about the challenges of being jobless and his struggle to get an education.
Last year, 587 000 people started looking for jobs and about 239 000 of them were employed.
In contemporary SA, the gap between current wages and a living wage is vast and simply too large to be bridged in a short time, writes Imraan Valodia.
The unemployment rate rose to 27.1% in the quarter through September, from 26.6% in the previous three months, Statistics South Africa said.
Vusi Mthembu lives a difficult life on the streets of Sandton and people often treat him like he’s invisible — like he isn’t there.
The M&G went looking for financial distress in South Africa. This is what we found.
Many have taken severance packages so that they can access their provident funds and claim UIF.
Vital that the government and private sector create jobs and invest in youth as their numbers rise.
About 15.7-million work, 5.7-million don’t, but the numbers depend on the definition of employment.
Readers write in about June 1976, vandalism, and job creation.
South Africa’s joblessness is at its highest since 2009, and government needs to come up with workable solutions, writes Fose Segodi.
New research suggests that smokers who lose their jobs spend more time unemployed than nonsmokers, although the reasons are unknown.
Intended beneficiaries of the expanded public works scheme are only temporary workers and open to exploitation by unscrupulous employers.
Precarious work is becoming the norm as bosses increase their levels of exploitation.
The South African economy has fallen on hard times and we need to think creatively about how to resolve the problem and create employment.
Despite widely held views to the contrary, labour markets are not so inflexible after all.
It took more than 20 years for SA to sign the UN’s International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. But will it make a difference?
A quarter of South Africans are unemployed but in once thriving industrial areas such as the Vaal Triangle, even qualified youth can’t find jobs.
Unemployment is the main concern for about half of SA’s poor population, the other half is concerned about low earnings or the poor quality of work.
Would a constitutional amendment deal with unemployment in SA? The ratification of an international convention could place a duty on SA to do that.
Unemployment levels fell in the second quarter, largely on informal sector job creation, but the number of discouraged job seekers rose.
Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene says SA’s high rate of joblessness could be solved with better skills training at tertiary institutions.
Unemployment in South Africa is one of the highest in the world – and employers are struggling more than ever to fill skilled positions.
South Africa has come in third on Bloomberg’s misery index, a list of most painful economies in which to work and live, after Venezuela and Argentina.
Cosatu says the crisis caused by load-shedding is sure to slow down the rate of new investment, essential for job creation.
Many employers seem to prefer hiring foreigners, who are seen as hard and diligent workers with "ambition".
Union Csaawu is facing bankruptcy for supporting farm workers dismissed after historic strikes in 2012/ 13. This is why the union must be saved.
The troubled mine has closed, leaving behind a toxic legacy that nobody is prepared to deal with as liquidators try to cover debts before restitution.
Over the coming days, South Africa will release unemployment, money supply, credit extension and trade figures.
Equal opportunities when it comes to dream jobs that satisfy all your aspirations and goals are just that, a dream, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
Jacob Zuma is a competent job creator – he conjured up six new ministerial positions in a single press conference. But SA needs private-sector jobs.