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/ 28 October 2008
Employment levels in the second and third quarter of 2008 remained stable at 13,7-million, Statistics South Africa said on Tuesday.
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/ 10 October 2008
What has the Expanded Public Works Programme achieved in the period since its launch in 2004?
The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) pays beneficiaries about R14-million a day, it has revealed in its 2008 annual report.
Nigeria may rank among Africa’s top oil producers but many people scrape by on day or less.
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/ 18 September 2008
Job-creation programmes aimed at the youth in South Africa’s three largest metropolitan areas are not working, according to a new report.
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/ 11 September 2008
In the first of a two-part series, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi, argues that capital must be disciplined.
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/ 5 September 2008
US employers slashed 84 000 jobs in August and the jobless rate jumped to a five-year high of 6,1%, according to a government report.
SA’s jobless rate was at 23,1% of the labour force in the second quarter of 2008, from 23,5% in the first quarter, a labour report showed on Thursday.
Both Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma profess themselves to be ”pro-poor”, and usually these presentations escape scrutiny in the media.
SA’s economic growth rate still trails that of most dynamic emerging economies, with unemployment a key challenge to the country’s development.
Medical aid coverage is lowest among black South Africans, with 7,4% of individuals covered, and highest in the white population.
Two different approaches to job creation were put forward on Wednesday by the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the Democratic Alliance.