Job losses
Stats SA's Quarterly Labour Force Survey results confusing - economic experts
Economic experts have criticised Stats SA’s decision to define the 2.2 million job losses during the second quarter as economically not active people.
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ANALYSIS: Better food price controls needed to shield poor from COVID-19 fallout
There needs to be an urgent expansion of price controls, as well as an inquiry into the price-setting of major retailers.
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ANALYSIS: SA faces mass hunger if efforts to offset impact of COVID-19 are eased
Two out of every five adults interviewed between May and June reported that their household had lost its main source of income since the lockdown started.
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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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Over 3,000 jobs shed in SA’s non-agriculture sector in first quarter of the year
This brings the total number of persons employed in the formal non-agricultural sector in South Africa to 10.2 million.
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Over 300k job losses forecast in KZN due to COVID-19
MEC Pillay said the total amount needed to fight COVID-19 in the province was estimated at R11.5 billion.
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Ramaphosa: More jobs will be lost during COVID-19 lockdown
The president fielded questions from South Africans during his second public platform imbizo on Wednesday night.
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3 mn jobs lost in SA since lockdown, black women hit hardest - survey
The National Income Dynamics Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey has found two thirds of the job losses were among women.
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Over 200k workers could lose their jobs in WC due to COVID-19 - Treasury
The provincial Treasury Department head David Savage said of the over 200,000 job losses predicted, several came from the tourism industry.
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ANALYSIS: Why easing the lockdown could put workers in SA at risk
Compliance with occupational health and safety requirements is already poor and few inspections of workplaces are being done.
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A sombre May Day –Ramaphosa says SA won’t be spared from COVID-19 job losses
In his May Day statement on Friday, the President said the health of all South Africans is important – but poor, unemployed and working-class citizens are top of his mind.
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SAA: BRPs give unions,employees until Friday to consider proposal to sack staff
SAA issued the draft proposal to terminate contracts after government refused to provide further funding in aid of the airline's business rescue proceedings.
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People might lose their jobs - unions at SAA remind govt
On Tuesday, government rejected the airline’s rescue practitioners’ request for a further R10 billion.
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Ndabeni-Abrahams, Telkom meeting about retrenchments 'went well'
On Wednesday, unions received section 189 notices which will affect workers in the open-serve and consumer divisions.
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Canada sheds 71,000 jobs in November
The losses were reported across Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia, mostly in manufacturing, natural resources and public administration, and affecting men in the core working ages of 25 to 54 and women over 55, Statistics Canada said.
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Public sector unions: Workers anxious over job security
The government was on a drive to reduce the number of public servants through early retirement offers, but more recently Treasury suggested about 10% could be cut from workers’ salaries.
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Stats SA: Jobs in formal sector increased by 87k in 2018’s fourth quarter
The numbers also indicate that people working part-time increased by 37,000 while those working full time increased by 50,000.
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Satfu outraged by 34,000 job cuts in the second quarter of 2017
Saftu says the most alarming is that the biggest job losses were 13,000 in the manufacturing industry and 11,000 in construction.
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Cosatu to tackle issue of job losses with Gigaba
Cosatu’s Secretary-General Bheki Ntshali-Nthsali says they will be meeting with the Finance Minister later today.
