Sa unemployment rate
Ramaphosa laments ‘unemployment crisis’ amid economic recovery efforts
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the interventions contained in the government’s reconstruction and recovery plan were not enough.
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SA's unemployment figures a big sign of a depression, says economist
On Tuesday, Stats SA released the Quarterly Labour Force Survey for the second quarter of 2021, which showed that unemployment rose to a record high of 34.4%.
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Stats SA: Women are more likely to do unpaid work than men
Stats SA said the rate of unemployment among women was 36.8% in the second quarter of 2021 compared to 32.4% amongst men. That’s according to the official definition of unemployment.
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SA's unemployment stats by province and sector
On 24 August 2021, Stats SA released the results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the second quarter of the year. It said that the official unemployment rate went up by 1.8 percentage points from the 32.6% recorded in the first quarter of 2021 to 34.4% in the second quarter.
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1.4 million fewer SAfricans were employed this year, says Stats SA
This was revealed in the Quarterly Labour Force Survey Results for the first quarter of 2021 on Tuesday.
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SA’s job market continues to decline as unemployment rate soars
While the country’s working-age population continued to grow, increasing by 585,000 or 1.5% in the third quarter, the job market continued to contract.
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Cosatu not surprised by increase in SA's unemployment rate, blames policymaking
Stats SA announced on Thursday that the unemployment rate was at a record high of 30.8%.
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SA loses 2.2 million jobs in Q2 but unemployment rate decreases to 23.3%
The South African economy has lost 2.2 million jobs in the second quarter of 2020, according to the data released by StatsSA.
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Stats SA announces further delay in release of Q2 labour force results
This is for the second quarter of this year which was affected by the nationwide lockdown.
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CARTOON: A Little Shock of Horrors
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SA’s unemployment rate could reach 40% due to COVID-19 - Mogajane
Some businesses have already shut their doors due to a month-long lockdown, which restricted economic activity across the country as the government tried to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
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ANC to blame for high unemployment rate - opposition
More than two million people are without jobs compared to this time over 10 years ago.
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MPs wants to know how many foreign nationals are unemployed in SA
Stats SA officials and members of Parliament’s employment and labour oversight committee were discussing the country's high unemployment rate.
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SA unemployment rate hits highest level since Q1 of 2008
South Africa's unemployment rate has increased by 1.4% in the second quarter of 2019 to 29%, according to data released by Statistics South Africa.
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Study: Average salary in SA is R6,400 & it's not enough to live on
Retail was the biggest employer of people in the country, but it also happened to be the most exploitative industry with 40% of workers earning below minimum wage.
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Ramaphosa says willing to rope in young people for better opportunities
President Cyril Ramaphosa came face-to-face with scores of young people in Parliament where they raised a number of issues affecting the youth like unemployment and education.
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FIKILE-NTSIKELELO MOYA: There are more pressing issues than the SARB's mandate
I am sure many South Africans who are increasingly having to make do with less would probably wish that the most pressing matter in the minds of those in charge of government was the economy.
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Slack consumer spend sees inflation slow in April
Manufacturing, mining and retail indicators suggest the economy contracted in the first quarter of 2019 following nationwide electricity outages.
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Unemployment rate should serve as wake-up call to incoming govt - unions
Cosatu spokesperson Sizwe Pamla says President Cyril Ramaphosa doesn’t have any time to waste and must act quickly to prevent more jobs being shed.
