Job losses
Chris Hani Hospital employees picket against post cuts
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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
