Unemployment
In the face of SA's unemployment crisis, YES working hard to create youth jobs
Stats SA's Quarterly Labour Force Survey showed the unemployment rate was higher than ever before, with as many as twelve million people without jobs.
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Youth group calls for mentorship in communities to create jobs
The Agape Youth Movement was responding to the latest unemployment figures that reveal 64% of South Africa's youth are unemployed.
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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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MUBANGA LUMPA: Mandela Day - a moment to reflect on humanity's crises
Nelson Mandela International Day particularly in many poor communities, writes Mubanga Lumpa.
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StatsSA says total employment decreased by 0.1%
Economists were hoping to see at least some modest gains overall in the numbers as they would have been seen as an indicator of a broader economic recovery.
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'This is a disaster': What must be done to address SA’s youth unemployment?
The job market is shrinking amid a struggling economy crippled by lockdowns and the COVID-19 pandemic, while the gap between skills shortages and access to training is widening.
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'Disturbing': 40% of SA's Gen Zs don't know about June 16 - Ramaphosa
It is disturbing that knowledge and awareness of the events of June 16th is diminishing among young South Africans, writes President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: When times are tough, it's easy to be pessimistic
Sometimes we are so absorbed by our shortcomings, that we often fail to acknowledge what we are doing right and where things are improving, writes President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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Pandemic plunges 100 mn more workers into poverty: UN
The ILO's annual World Employment and Social Outlook report indicated that the planet would be 75 million jobs short at the end of this year compared to if the pandemic had not occurred.
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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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A breakdown of SA's latest unemployment figures
Stats SA said that the number of employed people in the country remained almost unchanged at 15 million between the fourth quarter of 2020 and the first quarter of 2021. The official unemployment rate increased slightly to 32.6% in the first quarter of 2021.
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SA unemployment rate ticks up to 32.6% in Q1 of 2021
This is the highest the figure has been since the start of the QLFS in 2008.
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MCEBO DLAMINI: On the indignity of black labour
The kinds of jobs black people have to do shows the dearth of dignity for them in South Africa, writes Mcebo Dlamini.
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Disappointing April jobs data pose new challenge for Biden agenda
The weak hiring also pushed the unemployment rate up slightly to 6.1%, according to the Labor Department's monthly employment report released on Friday.
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SPECIAL REPORT: How COVID-19 is SA's baptism of fire in an age of pandemics
Looking back at a year of South Africa's state of disaster, we look at some of the wins, losses and simply survival in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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SA employment ticked up 0.8% in Q4 of 2020 - Stats SA
According to the data, the total number of employed persons increased from 9.56 million to 9.64 million in the period September 2020 to December 2020, an increase of 76,000.
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WC lost more than 151,000 jobs in 2020 - Wesgro
The global COVID-19 pandemic saw many people lose their jobs in the tourism, informal, construction and trade industries.
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ANALYSIS: Granular understanding of joblessness in SA can help pinpoint policies
Joblessness has become a fixture of the South African economy. Understanding the patterns of who is out of work and for how long is key to designing policies to address the problem.
