Employment
Four things that count when a South African graduate looks for work
While graduates find work, the employment outcomes varied between graduates, strongly shaped by personal biographies and choice of institution.
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StatsSA says total employment decreased by 0.1%
Economists were hoping to see at least some modest gains overall in the numbers as they would have been seen as an indicator of a broader economic recovery.
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Stats SA says full-time employment decreased by 11,000 jobs in Q4 of 2020
The quarter-on-quarter employment statistics do not paint as grim a picture as the figures for the year-on-year comparisons, which show just how deep the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic among other factors has been on the labour market.
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SA employment ticked up 0.8% in Q4 of 2020 - Stats SA
According to the data, the total number of employed persons increased from 9.56 million to 9.64 million in the period September 2020 to December 2020, an increase of 76,000.
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SA sees third highest employment increase since 2008, QLFS finds
The Quarterly Labour Force Survey has shown that the number of employed persons increased by 333,000 to 15 million, the third-largest increase since the start of the survey in 2008.
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NPC wants to see more compliance with COVID-19 protocols in workplace
While admitting that health and safety compliance is generally poor even under normal circumstances, emphasis is being placed on business and government’s cooperation.
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These are the sectors in SA where you are most likely to get a job
The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Blade Nzimande, launched the latest National List of Occupations in High Demand (OIHD) in South Africa. This list signals opportunities where students and graduates are likely to stand a better chance of finding employment.
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Education level main driver of who had pay cuts in lockdown - QLFS
The third quarter Labour Force Survey showed that the unemployment rate rose to 30.8% between July and September while the expanded definition increased to 43.1%.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: How the employment stimulus plan will help immediately
The Presidential Employment Stimulus is unprecedented in its scale and breadth, involving a public investment of R100 billion over the next three years.
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Govt's allocated R100 billion to stimulate jobs, says Ramaphosa
According to Statistics South Africa, about 2.2 million South Africans were left without work in the first quarter with many companies forced to shut their doors as the economy was grounded to a halt due to the lockdown.
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Inside SA's latest jobs figures
Statistics South Africa said the country’s non-agriculture sector saw employment decrease by about 3,000 jobs in the first quarter of this year compared with the final quarter of last year.
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SA's Q4 unemployment rate holds steady at 29.1%
Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke released the Quarterly Labour Force Statistics on Tuesday.
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WC govt urged to invest in sectors that create jobs
Stats SA's Quarterly Labour Force Survey on Tuesday revealed that the Western Cape was the only province whose official unemployment rate has decreased year-on-year.
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SA unemployment rate hits highest level since Q1 of 2008
South Africa's unemployment rate has increased by 1.4% in the second quarter of 2019 to 29%, according to data released by Statistics South Africa.
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CT generates R2.7 bn worth of investments for ‘18/19 financial year
Officials said this was achieved through collaboration with strategic business partners and companies that were supported by the city to facilitate investment, job creation and skills development.
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Q4 unemployment rate drops slightly to 27.1%
The data, released by Stats SA on Tuesday, showed that the unemployment figured decreased from 27.5% in the third quarter of 2018 to 27.1% in the fourth quarter.
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Employment gets the lion's share of Ramaphosa’s #Sona2019 speech
Jobs were also underscored as one of five tasks the country should work together to achieving.
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Cut in executive pay, job protection must be part of New Deal, says ANC's Turok
ANC stalwart and former MP Ben Turok says that he agrees with President Cyril Ramaphosa that the time has come for a so-called New Deal but it must be implemented with conditions.
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[LISTEN] What skills employers look for when recruiting
Research has shown that companies are always on the lookout for employees who possess both hard and soft skills.
