Unemployment
Black Sash calls for R350 COVID-19 grant to be extended by a year
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni confirmed this week that provision had been made by Treasury to extend the R350 grant for unemployed people until April this year.
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Saftu members to march today over SA’s economic challenges
Several small gatherings, in line with COVID-19 regulations, were expected to take place around the country to highlight challenges such as unemployment which now sits at 32.5%.
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Stats SA: More than half of EC residents of working age unemployed in Q4
While the Eastern Cape tops the expanded unemployment chart among all provinces, its neighbour, the Western Cape’s rate stood at 26.8% as the least affected by the crisis.
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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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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: COVID-19 recovery requires difficult decisions to be taken
While our temporary COVID relief measures have helped, the country will not be able to sustain them indefinitely, writes Cyril Ramaphosa.
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ZWELINZIMA VAVI: Stop merely discussing the basic income grant
The state must implement the basic income grant now if it wants to retain any semblance of legitimacy, writes Zwelinzima Vavi.
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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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Spain ruling coalition divided over 4-day work week
The proposal comes as the New Zealand branch of Unilever earlier this month began a trial of a four-day work week for its staff in the country.
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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.
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Stats SA: All industries saw job losses y/y in Q3
Most job losses were reported in business services, followed by trade with 162,000 job losses as compared to the third quarter in 2019.
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The Eastern Cape is South Africa’s land of hunger
Jobless people in the country’s most impoverished province join the growing social grant queues before dawn on empty stomachs, having run out of food for the month.
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ANALYSIS: SA economic reform plans fall short of what’s needed: a few pointers
South Africa needs some serious structural reforms before its moribund economy can come to life.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: There’s simply no silver bullet to fix SA’s economy
South Africa talks far too much and does far too little. The time for endless discussion on economic policy must surely be over, writes Judith February.
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President Ramaphosa's economic recovery plan has strong focus on jobs
The president is focusing on four key areas as he tables his economic recovery plan to a joint sitting of Parliament.
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Funny placards inspire samaritan to help unemployed Dunoon dad save for house
Lusindiso Malgas found a way to spread joy and support his family by drawing up funny placards to entertain passersby in Blouberg.
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ANALYSIS: How social security could make life better in SA after COVID-19
Emergency relief measures were operational for six months and are due to end soon. But the impacts of COVID-19 will be felt long after.
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Lockdown retrenchment a blessing in disguise, says CT entrepreneur
Andrea Hartzenburg is one of 2.2 million people who've lost their jobs during the second quarter of this year.
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Cosatu not shocked by 'depressing' unemployment figures
National spokesperson Sizwe Pamla said that this was what happened when there was a government that was hellbent on implementing a framework of policies that did not place employment creation as a priority.
