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Motheo Khoaripe gets a breakdown of the latest jobs data from Matlapane Masupye, Director for Employment Statistics at Stats SA.

This signals a 0.4% increase as compared to the fourth quarter of last year.

The government’s alleged failure to keep its service delivery promises to the community of Bhongweni village outside East London forced a local resident, Leonard Ncumbese, to roll up his sleeves and help people in dire need of basic essentials. Ncumbese donates food to various homes in need, while he also helps people in his community start up businesses that could help sustain their lives.

The crippling crisis of unemployment and low prospects of future growth in the country ought to necessitate a positive re-imagination of the role of agriculture in the economy.

The General Household Survey has highlighted the gaps in basic services such as clean drinking water, sanitation and education.

Stats SA says the consumer price index (CPI) has broken through the upper limit of the SA Reserve Bank’s monetary policy target range.

The tremendously high price of mobile data in SA prohibits people from disadvantaged and underprivileged backgrounds from having easy access to Internet connection points.

Good Work Foundation is helping provide rural children with access to digital tools to ignite their passion for learning

Those of us fortunate enough to be called fathers should be grateful for this privilege and take seriously our roles in raising our children, writes S'thembiso Msomi.

Our country is one of the leading countries when it comes to absent fathers, who simply do not play any part in the upbringing of the children they sire.