Jobs
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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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.
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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.
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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.
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Labour Dept implementing some Jobs Summit ideas
Labour Minister Mildred Olifant says the project will create over 10,000 jobs and fund small businesses.
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[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.
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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.
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[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.
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[LISTEN] You are dying, quite literally, for a paycheque
Ian Mann talks about the toxicity of some of workplaces.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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[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.
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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.
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[OPINION] SA’s national minimum wage could hurt small firms & rural workers
With its raging unemployment and many low-paying jobs, South Africa faces a dilemma as it introduces a national minimum wage.
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CT’s Ian Neilson insists CT has seen significant transformation
Deputy Cape Town Mayor Ian Neilson says the city has a functioning CBD and wishes Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba well.
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Here's why businesses can't hold onto millennials
Millennials change jobs more quickly, and employers need to do more to retain them.
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[OPINION] Will robots take your job? Maybe not
Nkareng Mpobane says while fears of robots taking human jobs aren't unfounded, there's a different way to think about it.
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Amazon to create 100,000 full-time jobs in US
Seattle-based Amazon said it plans to increase its full-time US-based workforce to more than 280,000 by mid-2018.
