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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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Govt, private sector must work together to reduce youth unemployment - Gordhan
Gordhan said government and the private sector must be leveraged to create jobs for young people.
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Elsies River community calls for government to invest in young people
To mark Youth Day, the Democratic Alliance in the Western Cape went on a whistle-stop tour across the Cape metro, including Eureka in Elsies River where locals hosted a fun day for young people.
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ANC NEC declares unemployment a national disaster
The Spectator Index recently ranked the country’s youth joblessness rate as the highest in the world.
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Ramaphosa hopes economic cluster revamp boosts struggling economy
In the reconfiguration of the Cabinet, the president created a new ministry of Labour and Employment.
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ANALYSIS: Data fails to capture complexity of SA’s unemployment crisis
South Africa’s embrace of international conventions has buttressed the country’s reputation in statistical circles. But these global standards prove a poor fit for the country.
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DA: Govt spending on inauguration a slap in the face of SA's unemployed
The Democratic Alliance (DA) said that despite cost-cutting measures implemented for this year's inaugural celebration, millions of unemployed South Africans will not benefit from the money that will be spent.
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WC no longer has lowest unemployment rate, according to stats
At 19.5%, the province's unemployment rate is now a percentage point higher than Limpopo’s.
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Australia jobless rate jumps to eight-month highs, Australian dollar stumbles
The local dollar skidded 0.4% to $0.6891, the weakest since early January when a currency ‘flash crash’ briefly sent the Aussie to $0.6743.
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Ramaphosa: My Cabinet will help grow SA's economy
The president's administration is under pressure to create jobs with the latest unemployment figures showing that over 6 million people are sitting without jobs.
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Ramaphosa in first investor meeting since ANC election win
President Cyril Ramaphosa will attend a conference by global investment banking firm Goldman Sachs in Johannesburg.
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Unemployment rate: Graduates caught in vicious cycle
Statistics South Africa says the number of employed people decreased by 237,000 to 16.3 million in the first quarter of this year.
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The provinces with the highest unemployment rates from 2009 - 2019
A look at the trends in unemployment by province over the last 10 years shows that two provinces, the Free State and the Eastern Cape, have consistently had the highest unemployment rates.
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SA unemployment rate hits highest level since 2017 at 27.6%
South Africa's unemployment rate has risen to its highest level since the third quarter of 2017 to 27.6% at the end of the first quarter of 2019, according to data released by Stats SA on Tuesday.
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Voters in overlooked rural areas want their voices heard
One of the residents has said those living in Zoar near Ladismith in the Karoo have no future.
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Zoar a reflection of poor and marginalised in SA, say residents
Zoar resident Susana Betoos said that government has forgotten about them and sees no future for her children in the area.
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Is Workers' Day worth celebrating with SA's high unemployment rate?
Over the last decade, the local economy hasn't been growing to its full potential, which has meant that the economy hasn't been creating enough jobs to stem the tide of unemployment.
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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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Solly Msimanga: DA's jobs plan will end unfair recruitment processes
The DA Gauteng premier candidate said the party’s jobs plan is a bold strategy that will end what he called unfair practices by the current provincial government.
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South Africa still waiting on post-apartheid promises
The polls will be a severe test for the African National Congress which has held power virtually unchallenged in post-apartheid South Africa.
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Anger at poor public services 25 years into SA democracy
The government admits it has failed to fulfil the expectations of South Africa's 57 million citizens, and says the anger of the poor is justified.
