Unemployment
“We hope we will be the last generation of waste pickers to face these difficulties”
Government releases guidelines for municipalities to integrate Informal waste pickers into the economy
By Zoë Postman
Brief | 15 April 2019
Cape Town healthcare workers fear losing their jobs
Concerns over patient care if community workers’ contracts not renewed
By Vincent Lali
News | 26 March 2019
Names drawn from a bucket for KZN roads work
Residents demanded fair allocation of work on Newcastle contract
News | 20 March 2019
Unemployment: is there a way forward?
Reducing unemployment should be the top priority of government
GroundView | 28 February 2019
Waiting and hoping the whole day for work
“Sometimes in a week I get maybe one job. If I am lucky I get two jobs and I make R150 per job.”
Photo Essay | 26 February 2019
Reconsidering South Africa’s approach to waste pickers
Waste pickers must be integrated into the formal waste management sector, says researcher
News | 22 February 2019
Stats SA’s confusing mining employment statistics
Quarterly Labour Force Survey is the definitive source for most sectors, but not for mining
Analysis | 21 February 2019
Unemployed for three years, Thulani Ngwenya believes entrepreneurship is the way to go
“There are many opportunities in our townships, it is just a matter of finding them.”
News | 20 February 2019
How to reduce unemployment? Two opposing views
How do we reduce unemployment? That is possibly the most important policy question facing South Africa.
GroundView | 18 February 2019