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In August alone, more than triple the number of companies were liquidated than were placed in business rescue, says Werksmans Attorneys Eric Levenstein.

With load-shedding making life difficult and the repo rate hike, a win from Siya’s Springboks would give us a much-needed lift

The government is concerned about the impact power outages had on the economy in the second quarter, as Stats SA prepares to release data for the three-month period.

SA’s GDP fell by 0.7% in the second quarter after an increase of 1.7% in the first quarter of 2022, Stats SA said on Tuesday.

The labour market continues to favour men and shows no signs of making real progress towards improving prospects for women, according to Stats SA.

South Africa's unemployment rate has declined further to 33.9% in the second quarter of 2022, from 34.5% in the first, Statistics SA announced on Tuesday.

The official unemployment rate decreased to 33.9% in the second quarter of this year as 648,000 new jobs were created during the period, says Stats SA in its Quarterly Labour Force Survey, released on Tuesday.

Workers are expected to start downing tools on Tuesday ahead of the planned national shutdown marches on Wednesday.

The Independent Community Pharmacy Association of SA is making community pharmacies safe spaces for victims of GBV

Angelina Phafane was forced to inform her three grandchildren that she would not bother buying bread as it was difficult to spend R20 on it daily due to other pressures caused by food inflation.