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Pandemic hit on jobs worse than thought: UN

By AFP

'The current trajectory of labour markets is of a stalled recovery, with major downside risks appearing, and a great divergence between developed and developing...

  • FILE: Labour and Employment Minister Thulas Nxesi addresses a media briefing in Pretoria on level 3 lockdown regulations on 29 May 2020. Picture: @GCISMedia/Twitter.

    Nxesi: Unrest in KZN, GP affected 75,000 workers and could lead to layoffs

    The Labour and Employment Minister said government would assist them with the Unemployment Insurance Fund.

    294 days ago
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    Sweet days ahead: Record apple, pear harvest in WC could mean more jobs

    The projections are attributed to good rainfall in the Western Cape last winter following years of drought.

    429 days ago
  • FILE: Many farmworkers in Vredendal, Western Cape are worried about their jobs as the current drought is claiming many farms. Picture: EWN

    YONELA DIKO: SA's economic fate is in the ANC's hands

    Highly developed economies cannot falsely claim they became strong without government internventions, writes Yonela Diko.

    512 days ago
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    SA truck drivers’ forum: Foreign nationals should not be hired as truck drivers

    There's been a spate of violence on trucks where at least 29 of them were targeted in the past week allegedly in protest to the employment of foreign nationals in the sector.

    540 days ago
  • A critical enabler for wider job creation, made more important by the pandemic, is connectivity. Picture: Pixels

    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.

    577 days ago
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    Amazon offers permanent jobs to 125K temp hires

    Amazon expanded its workforce with 175,000 new positions in March as restrictions on movements shuttered real-world shops and had people staying home to avoid the virus.

    720 days ago
  • Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi delivers his department's budget vote before MPs in Parliament on 10 July 2019. Picture: @deptoflabour/Twitter

    Nxesi blames elections for slow implementation of jobs summit goals

    The recent staggering unemployment statistics have now pushed government, labour and business to recommit to fast-tracking the implementation of resolutions from last year's jobs summit to create jobs and grow the economy.

    1021 days ago
  • FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN.

    Ramaphosa praises ANC for job creation efforts

    Ramaphosa said the ANC can create jobs because when it came into government, only 8 million people were employed, and now 16 million people are working.

    1118 days ago
  • Business leaders at the Jobs Summit being held on 4-5 October 2018. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    Labour Dept implementing some Jobs Summit ideas

    Labour Minister Mildred Olifant says the project will create over 10,000 jobs and fund small businesses.

    1251 days ago
  • The government, business, labour and community organisations have gathered in Johannesburg for a two-day Jobs Summit to advance job creation. Picture: @SAgovnews/Twitter

    [LISTEN] Looking for a career? These jobs are most in demand in SA

    Odile Badenhorst, communications manager at CareerJunction, recommends that candidates take up short courses with online course providers just to get themselves in the job market.

    1276 days ago
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    [ANALYSIS] Why do people work? Respect trumps money in SA case study

    While pay and profit are not irrelevant in employees’ work decisions, there are other motivators.

    1325 days ago
  • A work station at the Lansdowne Bottling Company. Picture: @Our_DA/Twitter

    [FACT CHECK] Did the DA-led WC create ‘75% of all jobs’ in SA last year?

    The DA took to Twitter recently to boast about a staggering figure of job creation, Africa Check looked at the data.

    1423 days ago
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    [LISTEN] You are dying, quite literally, for a paycheque

    Ian Mann talks about the toxicity of some of workplaces.

    1485 days ago
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    [LISTEN] SA could lose millions of jobs if not digitally ready in 7 years

    Dr Roze Phillips of the University of Stellenbosch Business School says people in all industries are at risk.

    1490 days ago
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    NUM says 1,722 jobs to go at Evander Gold Mine

    The NUM said the company informed the union that the job cuts were due to deteriorating and inadequate infrastructure at the mine.

    1544 days ago
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    [LISTEN] Why cold calling for a job works

    Career Expert Marty Nemko says people with good communication skills must cold call for jobs.

    1693 days ago
  • Beg to Differ is John Warners latest documentary about the struggles of those living on Somerset Wests streets. Picture: Supplied

    [OPINION] The scary facts about unemployment in SA

    A deeper analysis of South Africa's joblessness reveals a scarier picture of large sections of the population suffering, especially the country's youth.

    1718 days ago
  • A robot arm carries a glass part in the assembly line of a factory. Picture: AFP

    Here's how we can create jobs in the age of robots and low growth

    Unless more stuff is produced and consumed, people lose their jobs as the same output can be achieved with fewer workers.

    1795 days ago
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