Unemployment

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

“The struggle for work in East London is hell”

Unemployed men wait on the side of the road for work

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News | 12 November 2018

Hiring of “teagirl” sparks protest in Uitenhage

Anger over employment procedure at sewer project

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Brief | 18 July 2018

R6,000 compensation not enough says Ekurhuleni worker

Former participants in municipal job creation programme want permanent jobs

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News | 13 July 2018

Department of Labour to use billion-rand surplus to extend UIF benefits

Unemployed workers will be paid out for up to a full year

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News | 11 June 2018

Workers battle to get UIF paid out

Two junior riggers at Tentickle Hiring Services (PTY) Ltd have tried since October to get their unemployment benefit

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News | 21 May 2018

Reservists say defence force has deserted them

“We are suffering and struggling to support our families”

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News | 10 April 2018

School children recycle waste for food

“This is helping my family very much because my parents do not work,” says seventh-grader

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News | 3 April 2018

Waste pickers snubbed by City and Province

“Absence of land is blocking our dream”

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News | 2 March 2018