Ramaphosa calls for national action to rapidly restore employment
Ramaphosa has called on all South Africans to work together to ensure a rapid rebound in employment following the release of the latest figures.
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Ramareality: SA unemployment near 15 year high as factories cut jobs
The unemployment rate was 27.2 percent compared with 26.7 percent in the previous three months, Statistics South Africa said in a report released on Tuesday.
Gail Day: Want to increase unemployment? Here’s how…
Gail Day looks at the unemployment challenge facing South Africa and says if government wants higher wages, it must choose more freedom not less.
Unemployment per Metro: Will new mayors deliver on promises?
As the new mayors assume their roles in the various metros of South Africa, one of the greatest challenges they face is unemployment.
Letter to Gordhan: National Jobs fund – funding unemployment
The Warrenton Association of Cooperatives say government doesn’t have a policy that can develop community owned businesses and industries in low skilled communities.
An expert’s solution – A plan to regenerate SA from bottom up
The economic and social chaos SA faces, business and engineering have the remedies, says Greville Wood, owner of GWD Manufacturing Engineering Consultants.
SA unemployment rate at 6 year high
From Agence France-Presse South Africa’s unemployment rate rose to its highest point in six years in the second quarter, with more than five million people out of work, official data showed on Tuesday. The unemployment rate in the three months to the end of June rose to 25.5 percent, from 25.2 percent in the first … Read more
SA’s unemployment rate rises to 25.2% in Q1 2014
PRETORIA (Reuters) – South Africa’s unemployment rate rose to 25.2 percent of the labour force in the first quarter of 2014 from 24.1 percent in Q4, data showed on Monday. In its quarterly labour force survey, which polls households, Statistics South Africa said this amounted to 5.067 million people without work in the first quarter, up from 4.83 … Read more