Unemployment

Low wages will not solve South Africa’s unemployment problem, argues economist

Growth in manufacturing is essential but not at the expense of workers

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Interview | 18 February 2019

South Africa’s failure to create manufacturing jobs

To reduce unemployment South Africa needs to prioritise labour-intensive work instead of higher wages, write professors Jeremy Seekings and Nicoli Nattrass

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Opinion | 18 February 2019

Nelisa Pambane travels hundreds of kilometers to sell scrap metal

“I may not be employed but I will never let my children and me starve.”

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News | 15 February 2019

Changing the way our colleges work is key to reducing unemployment

Business should inform curricula to prepare South Africa for the fourth industrial revolution, writes Business Unity SA CEO Tanya Cohen

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Opinion | 15 February 2019

“I am living and working for the next meal”

Khumbuzile Phakamile survives by selling empties to shebeens and trying to find gardening jobs that pay a pittance

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News | 14 February 2019

Why is South Africa’s unemployment rate so high?

If people are not willing to invest in a country, it is almost impossible to generate new jobs, writes Professor Vimal Ranchhod

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Opinion | 14 February 2019

How employment has changed in 10 years

Manufacturing — a vital industrial sector — has shed 300,000 jobs

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News | 13 February 2019

After years of fruitless job searching, Ayanda Kunene decided to create his own work

“There are so many people in our community who are unemployed yet we still see rubbish lying around”

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News | 13 February 2019

Unemployment rate keeps climbing

Quarterly survey says 27.1% of the labour force is out of work. A year ago it was 26.7%

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Brief | 12 February 2019

Unemployment: our biggest problem

We are taking an in-depth look at the issue South Africans are most concerned about

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Feature | 12 February 2019

Mushroomville waste pickers avoid eviction, for now

“It’s not an easy life but I have to do it to support my family back home”

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Feature | 4 February 2019

Unemployed, poor and desperate: the perfect prey for con-artists

“I was lucky to get work after paying before, but this time my money is gone for mahala”

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News | 17 January 2019

69-year-old woman scrap collector sleeps by the roadside

Eastern Cape women spend weeks on the road collecting ferrous metals

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Brief | 10 December 2018

Nepotism in Eastern Cape municipality to be probed

Investigation follows weeks of protests in Stutterheim

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News | 22 November 2018

15-year-old dream comes true for young entrepreneurs

New township bakery creates jobs for the youth of Duncan Village

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Solutions | 13 November 2018