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EFF leader Julius Malema said if elected to power, the EFF will create permanent jobs.

If an enabling approach to mining was pursued, we could see change in fixed capital formation

President Cyril Ramaphosa has been confronted with complaints about poverty, unemployment and the slow pace at which social relief of distress grants are paid.

Millions of poor South Africans are facing the prospect of a television news blackout when the government starts to turn off the analogue signal as part of the migration to digital broadcasting.

When Kabelo, 27, chose a career in electrical engineering he thought getting a job would be easy as it was in high demand. Three years later, armed with a trade test and a couple of internships under his belt, he is struggling to find employment.

ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe says government cannot solve SA’s high unemployment rate by itself because it is a national crisis.

The SA Liquor Brand owners Association has welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa's announcement to lift alcohol trade restrictions, saying the government has finally shown an understanding of its 'dire plight'.

Stats SA released its Quarterly Labour Force Survey for the second quarter of 2021 a few weeks ago, showing the shocking but not unexpected high rate of unemployment in our country. Unemployment is now at 34.4%, which translates to seven million South Africans who are jobless, according to the official definition.

For many of us, the somewhat banal link between the worst-ever unemployment statistics in our country and corruption at the State Security Agency (SSA) is that the stolen funds could have been used more appropriately.

On average, the size of the economy has in recent decades been almost 10% larger than we thought, with about R550bn added to SA's R5-trillion GDP in the latest year.