Unemployment

Future of SRD grant uncertain, says Treasury

Universal Basic Income Coalition says government’s proposals to link the grant to employment-related conditions could exclude eligible beneficiaries

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News | 6 January 2026

Lesotho sheds textile jobs amidst US trade uncertainty

Hippo Knitting has laid off 295 workers and plans to retrench another 420 in January

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News | 11 November 2025

Police block protest by textile workers in Lesotho

Unions accuse police of acting unlawfully by denying permission for a protest march against job losses

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News | 28 October 2025

Unemployed Capetonians march for jobs, safety and water

“I don’t see the point of filling out these [jobseekers’] forms anymore”

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Brief | 25 October 2025

Contract workers march in Joburg demanding permanent jobs

Expanded Public Works Programme employees march to Premier’s office

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Brief | 21 October 2025

Hundreds of jobs at stake at Lesotho diamond mine

25% state-owned Kao Mine could shut down “within weeks”

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News | 21 October 2025

Unemployed young people protest in Nigel, demanding jobs

“We also want to work”

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Brief | 15 October 2025

In photos: Teenager supports her family using an e-bike

Green Riders, a last-mile delivery company, aims to create over 50,000 jobs for unemployed youth

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Photo Essay | 14 October 2025

Hundreds of unemployed young people march to Nigel factories for jobs

The marchers accused the company of employing people from outside the community

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Brief | 2 August 2025