Unemployment
In photos: Youth-run festival brings hope to small Karoo town
Journey to Jazz has employed more than 500 youths in Prince Albert where more than half the residents live below the poverty line
By Jeffrey Abrahams and Liezl Human
Feature | 2 November 2026
In photos: meet the men by the side of the road hoping to find work
They are painters, tilers, welders, electricians, landscapers
Photo Essay | 2 November 2026
Scrap metal reclaimers battle to make ends meet
Government policies are making survival difficult for scrap collectors
News | 30 September 2026
Eastern Cape woman’s soup kitchen gives more than warm meals
Nodumo Mashiyane cooks, out of her own pocket, for elderly residents and orphans in Ngqele village, Middledrift
Brief | 11 September 2026
COSATU shocked by exclusion from Premier Foods factory closure talks
The retrenchment consultation period is due to end on 26 September
By Greg Dor
News | 10 September 2026
Hundreds queue with CVs at anti-immigrant march
Unemployed people pin their hopes on March and March “employment revolution” campaign
Brief | 28 August 2026
Nearly half of SA’s young people are not working or in training
NEET rate for 15-34 year olds has risen from 38% to 45% since 2012
Chart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff.
Charts | 14 August 2026
Government paralysis costs film industry thousands of jobs and millions in revenue
Film industry coalition reaches agreement with trade and industry department to start clearing funding application backlog
By Liezl Human
News | 13 August 2026
South African jobs at stake as March and March close immigrant shops in Mdantsane
“We came here to create jobs, not to take them,” says hardware store owner
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Johnnie Isaac
News | 11 August 2026