Unemployment

South Africa: Digitilisation Partly Blamed for Latest SA Job Losses

The loss of thousands of jobs, partly because of digitilisation, in South Africa in recent days, does not augur well for employment creation in the short term in the continent's most advanced economy.This is according to an economist day...

Joburg Post·almost 5 years ago

How Giving Young People Basic Financial Skills Helps Them Find Jobs

The picture in South Africa is a bleak one for the average 15 – 24 year old. Many have finished their schooling with a qualification of little value in the eyes of employers. And they lack the basic skills that employers now need. The re...

Joburg Post·almost 5 years ago

Nigeria: Central Bank Kicks Off Buhari's 100 Million Jobs Project

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday announced policies and programmes to create 10 million jobs in the next five years. The initiative falls within President Muhammadu Buhari's resolve to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty...

Joburg Post·almost 5 years ago

Lack of Youth Services Undercuts the Gains of South Africa’s Child Grant

South Africa introduced a child support grant 21 years ago in 1998, four years after the advent of democracy. The grant has been a human rights milestone and a mark of progress in the full realisation of children’s rights. It is one of t...

Joburg Post·over 4 years ago

Young South Africans Want to Farm. But the System isn’t Ready for Them

Persistent unemployment has become synonymous with the youth experience across South Africa. Youth unemployment rates are almost four times higher than the regional average – 62% of South Africans between 15 and 35 years are unemployed a...

Joburg Post·over 4 years ago

South Africa's Unemployment Rate Jumps to 29%, the Worst Since 2008

SA's official unemployment rate jumped to 29% in the second quarter of the year, the highest jobless rate since the start of 2008. The unemployment figures were published by Stats SA on Tuesday morning. The country's unemployment rate wa...

Joburg Post·over 4 years ago

Ramaphosa Should Focus on Inequality Rather Than Squeezing Poor People

South Africans are still to see what the new dawn promised by its President Cyril Ramaphosa will bring, or if it will even break. Long jail sentences for those that have looted the country would be a good thing. But it’s not yet clear if...

David Dickinson·over 4 years ago

A Unique Picture of Migration Patterns in South Africa Can Help Urban Planning

Economic disparities, inequality and unemployment, particularly among young people, remain pervasive in South Africa. Lack of access to services and inadequate living conditions also affect people’s quality of life, health and well-being...

Mark A. Collinson & Carren Ginsburg·over 4 years ago

The Dilemma of the inner City: When Golden Joburg walls turn grey.

 What can one do when  the golden walls become grey as a result of despair and unbearable living conditions such as feeding from bins and having people judge you without knowing you, never mind your circumstances!! A CRY A BOY SLEEPING U...

Phumzile Mavimbela·over 3 years ago

South African president extends special COVID-19 grant. Why this is not enough.

Two unemployed men tout for casual jobs on a street in Cape Town. EFE-EPA/Nic Bothma South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a three month extension of a special R350 (US$24) a month COVID-19 grant for unemployed adult...

Hannah J.Dawson·about 3 years ago

Granular understanding of joblessness in South Africa can help pinpoint policies

Unemployment in South Africa is chronically high. The longest upswing in the South African economy in the last three decades was when it grew at an average rate of 4% per annum between 1998 and 2008. The 2008 global recession ended th...

Derek Yu, Christie Swanepoel·about 3 years ago

Local government in South Africa is broken: but giving the job to residents carries risks

Failure by local government to provide basic services has led to protests around South Africa. Now, some residents are resorting to self-help. EFE-EPA/Kim Ludbrook In December 2020, the High Court in Mahikeng, the capital of South A...

 Marius Pieterse·about 3 years ago

Restore the legitimacy of the state to revitalise our economy

A lot has been said about the so-called triple challenges of poverty, unemployment and inequality besetting South Africa. The one problem that is not being mentioned is that the country suffers from the erosion of the legitimacy of th...

Professor Tshilidzi Marwala·over 3 years ago

Jobs figures show our economy is on the road to recovery

Economic growth cannot be realised and jobs cannot be created without undertaking the difficult but necessary structural reforms that will improve the business and investment climate

President Cyril Ramaphosa·over 1 year ago

QLFS- SA Unemployment Increases to 30.8% In The Third Quarter of 2020.

As South Africa journeys on the road to economic recovery following an intense lock down due to Covid 19, much effort will still need to be invested in rebuilding economic stability. According to a report from Statistics South Africa T...

Phumzile Mavimbela·over 3 years ago

SA's unemployment rate rises to 32.6%

Stats SA said that the number of employed people in the country remained almost unchanged at 15 million, although there was a slight decrease of 28,000, according to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey for the first quarter of 2021 release...

Phumzile Mavimbela·almost 3 years ago

Reform Momentum Must Be Increased To Deal With Jobless Crisis.

Tomorrow sees the release of South Africa’s second-quarter unemployment figures, which will provide a picture of our long-term jobless crisis that the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated. The first quarter’s reading of 32.6% was the highes...

Busi Mavuso·over 2 years ago

Record unemployment will worsen if we can’t unlock infrastructure promise

If we thought we had a jobs crisis on our hands before this pandemic, we now we have something much, much larger than we had ever imagined. The first thing that came to mind as I went through the second-quarter unemployment statistics re...

Busi Mavuso·over 2 years ago

Corruption in state-owned companies hurts low skilled workers the most: we show how

State-owned enterprises are companies in which government owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the shares. Worldwide, states own 10% of the largest companies. In South Africa, state-owned enterprises play a significant role in ...

The Conversation Contributors ·over 2 years ago

Almost 50% of adult South Africans are overweight or obese, poverty and poor nutrition are largely to blame

Malnutrition in all its forms, includes undernutrition (wasting, stunting, underweight), inadequate vitamins or minerals, overweight and obesity.

Thokozani Simelane, Human Sciences Research Council ·11 days ago

Women are less likely to get jobs than men

The latest figures from Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) show that women are less likely to find employment compared with men.

Neo Poho·8 months ago

South Africa has spent billions in 4 years to create jobs for young people: how their wages affect the broader economy

In October 2020 the South African government launched a collection of public employment programmes, initially intended as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The initiative, called the Presidential Employment Stimulus, has been extended...

The Conversation ·about 1 month ago

South Africa’s police are losing the war on crime – here’s how they need to rethink their approach

The problem is that the implementation of strategy is in limbo. No government agency has been willing to take responsibility for it. That’s because there is no direct budgetary allocation, given the highly constrained government purse.

Guy Lamb - Criminologist / Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University·4 months ago

"More than 1 600 businesses closed down in 2023" - Stats SA

The latest liquidation numbers from Stats SA reveal that over 1 600 businesses closed down in 2023 however, this signals a significant reduction from 2022.

Neo Poho·2 months ago

Multiparty Charter unveils economy and jobs recovery plan ahead of National Elections

The Multiparty Charter has announced an economy and jobs recovery plan that it says it will use to turn things around if it wins in the upcoming elections.

Neo Poho·2 months ago

"Unemployed doctors who are keen to work in the public sector will be hired by April" - Dr. Joe Phaahla

Minister of Health, Dr. Joe Phaahla has announced that unemployed doctors who are keen to work in the public sector will be hired by April 2024.

Neo Poho·about 1 month ago

Young people have a chance to better their future

Youth leadership specialist and strategist Matsetsebale Tleane believes it’s high time the youth of South Africa take a stand and change the status quo for the sake of their future.

Hosea Ramphekwa·3 days ago