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The labour department and UIF plan to throw billions into a scheme rejected by the PIC and that only exists on paper.

Despite the widespread corruption scandals that nearly derailed efforts to mitigate the devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the South African governmen

Data showed the Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal recorded expanded unemployment rates higher than 50%.

Employment and Labour Minister Mr. Thulas Nxesi has expressed cautious optimism despite the marginal decline in official unemployment rate in the first quarter.  Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) this week announced that the official unemployment rate which was 35,3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2021 had declined marginally to 34,5 percent in the first quarter of 2022. According to Stats SA’s results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for Quarter1: 2022 results indicate t...

Nxesi said more WABU payments will be made upon completion of the due diligence process.

Department of employment and labour is hoping to revamp its drive for job creation through its Labour Activation Programme (LAP) aimed at unemployed youth and to beneficiaries of the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF).