Unemployment
How unemployment has changed since 2000
Jobless rate has not dropped below 20% since 2000
By Sonia A. Rao
News | 23 November 2023
Protesters storm Durban City Hall
Presidential Employment Programme workers received SMSes on Sunday stating that the programme was suspended due to a lack of funds
Brief | 2 November 2023
Group threatens to “shut down” Bloemfontein
Mangaung Concerned Community want jobs
Brief | 19 October 2023
Things just get worse and worse at the labour department in Bellville
“This is my fifth time coming here,” says UIF claimant
News | 21 September 2023
Hundreds queue in Cape Town city centre in hope of a job
Mostly young people stand in line for hours
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and Ella Morrison
Brief | 14 September 2023
Community Work Programme workers upset over R3,700 a month earning limit
Workers say they must submit bank statements for three months and are fired if they earn above this limit
News | 25 August 2023
Mitchells Plain ward councillor accused of sidelining unemployed youths
The councillor says jobs are randomised by the Expanded Public Works Programme office and “no politician or councillor has influence in the process”
Brief | 23 August 2023
Langa’s cramped sewing school needs more space
The Sinakho Skills Development Centre and Entrepreneurship Training Academy
Brief | 21 August 2023
Pensioners travel from East London to Pretoria after Buffalo City Metro “ignores” their complaints
“We are tired of the ANC abusing us” says Mdantsane resident
By Chris Gilili
News | 16 August 2023