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The spectre of youth unemployment and the subsequent socioeconomic affect it has on society continues to be a major challenge in SA, one that has become even more intractable after the Covid-19 devastation, writes Gugulethu Maqetuka.

The biggest downfall of our transformation journey has been the low quality of education, then the lack of access to acquiring entrepreneurial skills, mindset and spirit. I blame this on the shortage of positive black role models within communities.

Employment is one of the biggest ways small businesses can contribute to the economy yet the government continues to turn a blind eye to the troubling realities faced by business owners like Vilakazi and pay lip service to the sector’s role in economic recovery.

The data collection deadline has been extended to 14 May.

If you and your household have not been counted in the 2022 census, StatsSA says this is the last week to get yourselves counted online.

In a country where almost 70% of black children grow up without their fathers, fatherlessness is indeed a big problem within our society.

Loadshedding and ongoing electricity issues have forced South Africans to seek for renewable energy solutions.

Stats SAs Patrick Kelly said that the new deadline for the province had been moved to the end of April.

SA's consumer inflation rose to 5.9% year on year in March from 5.7% in February, data from Stats SA showed on Wednesday, driven mainly by fuel on the back of higher oil prices because of the war in Ukraine.

Statistician-general says census has reached over 80% of SA households but Western Cape is lagging behind