Economic success is not in the hands of any single party. Rather, it depends on collaboration and solidarity across society, writes Saleem Mowzer.
While the spectre of widespread mining strikes stalks the economic landscape, MPs have heard there has been an "alarming" rise in rural unemployment.
The International Labour Organisation believes labour market regulations are not too rigid in South Africa and cannot be blamed for high unemployment.
The latest Statistics South Africa figures suggest social grants and a large public service are taking their toll on government coffers.
South Africa is one of the most miserable countries in the world – even unhappier than Zimbabwe.
Among the middle-income countries, SA has one of the highest levels of unemployment – 25.2% in the first quarter of 2012, according to Stats SA.
SA does not have a mild-to-moderate unemployment problem. That would allow the luxury of traditional thinking and politically safe solutions.
As unemployment soars, financial institutions face rising bad debt and the need for a European Union rescue.
Everybody knows that if South Africa and Spain have one thing in common, it is an abundance of sun. But what about unemployment?
South Africa has the ability to arouse pride but it can also make one hate it with a passion.
Haunted by his mother’s unemployment and alcoholism, teenage photographer Morgan Faku is driven to document the fate of Alexandra’s school dropouts.
New data shows that around 440 000 small businesses have closed in the past five years, and the number of businesses starting up is at a record low.
Although opposition parties criticised President Jacob Zuma’s acceptance of education and employment statistics, they were less scathing this year.
South Africa’s rampant unemployment and sluggish economy loom over President Jacob Zuma as he prepares to deliver his State of the Nation address.
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/ 19 January 2012
Cosatu is planning protests over what it says is government’s failure to implement job commitments with the importing of solar panel components.
Due to the country’s failure to create jobs and improve economic growth, Fitch has revised South Africa’s outlook from stable to negative.
The IMF’s Christine Lagarde says the South African economy’s biggest threats in 2012 will be unemployment and the eurozone crisis.
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/ 15 December 2011
Austerity measures, prolonged economic weakness and a eurozone crisis have taken their toll on UK’s work force, with unemployment at a 17-year high.
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/ 2 December 2011
Sometimes the point to a story is not as necessary as the need to tell the story.
The recent National Planning Commission "jam" was dominated by suggestions from South Africans regarding what to do about unemployment.
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/ 11 October 2011
Africa needs appropriate development policies to create decent work and put an end to poverty, President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday.
A number of SA businesses have to grow by 50% for the 2020 target of five million jobs to be met.
Many Greeks, their lives ravaged by the debt crisis, are thinking of emigrating like hundreds of thousands who left for foreign shores after WWII.
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/ 13 September 2011
The pace of spending in the economy slowed sharply in the second quarter — partly as household consumption eased — but investment has picked up.
President Barack Obama is preparing a September jobs package to crank up employment but is hamstrung by budget cuts and a tight debt ceiling.
The IMF’s latest report on the South African economy predicts a positive growth trend, but highlights necessary changes such as labour market reform.
Jobs are not being created fast enough to absorb the rising labour force, despite two consecutive quarters of job creation in SA, says Ebrahim Patel.
Layoffs have been taking a bite out of Wall Street with many being forced to take a salary cut or go into early retirement.
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan is being "vague" over the proposals for a youth wage subsidy, which he suggested last week, the DA says.
Employment in July was down for the third consecutive month although jobs in the public sector grew, according to the Adcorp Employment Index.
The endemic problem of unemployment poses a serious challenge to the realisation of South Africa’s constitutional goals and values.
Saccawu has filed an appeal against the Competition Tribunal’s decision to allow Walmart to acquire a controlling stake in Massmart.