Employment
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Matriculants, there's a career that need needs you
With university spaces capped and NSFAS shortfalls mounting, artisan careers like toolmaking offer matriculants a paid, viable path into a crucial and high-demand industry.
The BCC invites qualified candidates to apply for the following vacancy
The Benguela Current Convention invites applications for the position of Executive Secretary (CEO equivalent), managed by Elite Employment for nationals of Namibia, Angola, and…
When inclusion becomes a headline
Professor Jason Arday's story highlights the urgent need to address neurodiversity in South Africa. This article explores how our education systems and workplaces may be…
Beyond the build: Green jobs in SA’s renewables industry
South Africa's green economy promises millions of jobs by 2050, driven by renewable energy projects. However, an investigation reveals that while construction phases generate…
Broad-based BEE at a crossroad: Time for reform, with a focus on the youth
South Africa's Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) policy is under intense debate. While it has fostered a black middle class and diversified boardrooms, 70% of…
Universities must put South Africans first – but not alone
More than three decades after apartheid, South Africa's debates are still framed through racial lenses. The controversy over foreign academics at universities, amidst xenophobia…
South African medical scientists drive a new era of business in healthcare
South Africa's healthcare system faces a growing challenge as qualified medical scientists struggle to find employment. A seminar highlighted how independent practice and…
AI is reshaping the workplace faster than graduates expect
Global companies are rapidly integrating AI and increasing investment, with demand for AI skills soaring. For South African graduates, this means AI fluency is now a baseline…
Foreign academics are not the problem South African universities need to solve
A parliamentary briefing by Minister Buti Manamela has reignited the debate around foreign academics in South African universities. While public concern about employment is…
Lessons for SA from the township economy
Migration and employment are often discussed through competition, but the success of South Africa's township economy reveals a more fundamental question: Why do some…
Can South Africa build NHI while failing to employ its own doctors?
South Africa's healthcare system is facing a contradiction that should concern every citizen. Across the country, hospitals and clinics report shortages of doctors and healthcare…
Pope Leo’s AI encyclical and the urgent need for human leadership
He warns against reducing people to measurable outputs, predictive profiles or behavioural categories. Once technology becomes the standard by which human beings are judged, it…
That cough syrup may get you fired
Taking medication for flu could breach companies’ no-alcohol in the workplace policies
AI Armageddon is coming. Why aren’t we panicking?
Artificial intelligence will replace most jobs and create few. The future is bleak – except for the rich
Reimagining employment in the age of the fourth industrial revolution
Once jobs were clearcut relationships between employer and employee, but in the gig economy labour laws often fall short