Formal sector employment drops by 133,000 in Q3 2024 – Stats SA
Cape Town – Data from Statistics South Africa reveals a 1.2% decline in formal sector employment, with a loss... Read more
13 Dec, 2024
Workers have slept outside City Hall for a month, hoping to get jobs back
Former Expanded Public Works Programme worker Ntsoaki Tautona has been living with other protesting workers in the gardens near... Read more
21 Nov, 2024
SA’s unemployment drops, but structural challenges hinder further gains
Johannesburg – South Africa’s unemployment rate decreased for the first time this year, dropping to 32.1 percent in the... Read more
13 Nov, 2024
New UK government closes in on major employment reform
London — Britain’s new Labour government will on Thursday take a key step towards delivering major reforms to workers’... Read more
10 Oct, 2024
Only 0.5% of public service workers are foreign nationals – Buthelezi
Cape Town – Public Service and Administration Minister Mzamo Buthelezi says there are 6,220 foreigners employed in South Africa’s public... Read more
10 Sep, 2024
Minister Meth bets on govt-business alliance to tackle rising unemployment
Cape Town – Employment and Labour Minister Nomakhosazana Meth is optimistic that a stronger partnership between government and business... Read more
16 Aug, 2024
Health Minister Phaahla confirms 800 doctors to be employed by month-end
Cape Town — Health Minister, Joe Phaahla, said the Department o Health has already employed 270 out 800 doctors... Read more
7 Mar, 2024
Motsoaledi urges crackdown on employers of illegal foreign workers
Cape Town – Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has called for harsher sanctions against business owners who knowingly employ... Read more
20 Feb, 2024
Minister announces national minimum wage increase to R27.58 per hour
Cape Town – Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi has announced an increase in the national minimum wage (NMW)... Read more
5 Feb, 2024
Employment sees 0.4% growth in Q2 2023
Cape Town – Employment has increased by 39 000 or 0.4% quarter-on-quarter, from 10 039 000 in March 2023... Read more
29 Sep, 2023
