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FILE: Some of those 800 posts in the province would not be renewed for this coming financial year. Picture: Louise McAuliffe/EWN

Job losses

Chris Hani Hospital employees picket against post cuts

By Mia Lindeque

The department employed about 800 nurses and doctors in temporary posts to deal with the pandemic two years ago but would now have to let go of some of them due...

  • FILE: People carry goods as they loot and vandalise the Lotsoho Mall in Katlehong township, East of Johannesburg, on 12 July 2021. Several shops are damaged and cars burnt in Johannesburg, following a night of violence. Police are on the scene trying to control further protests. It is unclear if this is linked to sporadic protests following the incarceration of former president Jacob Zuma. Picture: Phill Magakoe / AFP

    Mass looting at shopping centres will lead to job losses, businesses warn

    With businesses looted, destroyed and unable to function during the violence, the Black Business Council said that small to medium business enterprises and their value chains had suffered the greatest losses.

    310 days ago
  • FILE: Gauteng Premier David Makhura delivers his State of the Province Address in the Gauteng Legislature on 23 February 2021. Picture: @GautengProvince/Twitter.

    Makhura: 500,000 jobs lost in Gauteng due to COVID-19 pandemic

    Gauteng Premier David Makhura made the announcement during his State of the Province Address where he also laid out his four priorities for the new financial year which include plans to boost the economy.

    449 days ago
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    Inside SA's Q4 2020 unemployment figures

    Stats SA on Tuesday announced that South Africa’s unemployment rate increased to 32.5% in the fourth quarter of 2020 compared to the third quarter. Eyewitness News unpacks the statistics.

    449 days ago
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    US loses 140,000 jobs in December, unemployment 6.7%: govt

    "The decline in payroll employment reflects the recent increase in coronavirus (Covid-19) cases and efforts to contain the pandemic," the Labour Department said.

    495 days ago
  • FILE: Unemployed builders, tilers and plumbers hold signs seeking jobs on the side of the road in Johannesburg in November 2019. Picture: AFP

    After COVID-19 ravaged the SA labour market in 2020, more gloom set for 2021

    Four out of every 10 South Africans who should be in work remain jobless and this year more than two million jobs were wiped out.

    504 days ago
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    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.

    596 days ago
  • Residents of Iterileng informal settlement near Laudium queue for food packages on 20 May 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    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.

    652 days ago
  • Residents of Iterileng informal settlement near Laudium queue for food packages on 20 May 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    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.

    659 days ago
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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.

    659 days ago
  • Picture: Flickr.com

    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.

    659 days ago
  • KZN Finance MEC Ravi Pillay. Picture: KZN Treasury/Facebook

    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.

    664 days ago
  • FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: GCIS

    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.

    672 days ago
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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.

    672 days ago
  • FILE: It was estimated that half of all tourism businesses could close down. Picture: 123rf.com

    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.

    724 days ago
  • FILE: Construction workers at a site in Cape Town on 25 March 2020. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/EWN.

    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.

    727 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    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.

    747 days ago
  • FILE: SAA, which employs 4,708 workers, said it will have to sell its assets in order to pay out severance packages. Picture: 123rf

    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.

    760 days ago
  • SAA workers strike, bringing operations OR Tambo International Airport to a standstill. Picture: Numsa Twitter

    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.

    763 days ago
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