Tag: unemployment

There is no silver bullet to address the numerous challenges faced by South Africa’s unemployed youth, says the Jobs Fund's Najwah Allie-Edries. However we recognise that innovation, collaboration and a ...

Stats SA reported a record unemployment rate yet again and while the agricultural sector is still holding its ground, farmers say they are being pushed into a corner, having to ...

Unemployment in South Africa has now officially hit a 13-year high. This, despite agriculture’s best efforts to create new jobs amid tough economic conditions. An economist tells us there are ...

The agriculture sector will keep growing, although it might not mean employment growth, predicts economist Thabile Nkunjana of the NAMC.

While North West dairy farmers insist that they are unaffected by Clover’s decision to shift production from Lichtenburg to KwaZulu-Natal, manufacturing employees seem to be facing a different reality. The ...

The Western Cape food, beverages and tobacco sector has shown an immense growth and job creation capabilities between 2009 and 2019. This, according to agriculture minister Dr Ivan Meyer, proves ...

Agricultural employment have taken a significant knock in the last quarter of 2020 despite the sector being declared an essential service early in the Covid-19 lockdown. The Western Cape and ...

Wandile Sihlobo undoubtedly looks dapper in a suit when he’s rubbing shoulders with the likes of pres. Cyril Ramaphosa and minister Thoko Didiza. However, he has certainly not forgotten how ...

As many as 45 million (or 82%) South Africans fall outside the medical aid net, and as a result they are largely dependent on public healthcare which, according to StatsSA, ...

When Phathutshedzo Marvelous Madula (26) lost a four-year fight to obtain a learnership that stood between him and an engineering qualification, he thought he had lost his one chance in ...