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Spending on malls, mines, factories not even half NDP target

The latest shocking job loss figures for Buffalo City Metro (BCM) and the Eastern Cape have unleashed a scathing salvo from the local business chamber. But BCM — the target of the wrath brought down by Lizelle Maurice, executive director of the Border-Kei Chamber of Business — reacted to the second quarter announcement of a 28,000 jobs lost between April to June with soothing comments.

SA's unemployment rate has hit a new all-time high, with an increase of 8,000 unemployed people in the first quarter of 2021.

There have been many indications that offices were slowly coming back to life over the past few months but Stats SA has now confirmed that more people were no longer working from home.

While SA’s unemployment rate swelled to a new record high, the Eastern Cape showed a small improvement in the first three months of 2021.

1.4 million fewer SAfricans were employed this year, says Stats SA This was revealed in the Quarterly Labour Force Survey Results for the first quarter of 2021 on Tuesday. FILE: The number of unemployed persons is now 7.2 million and the number increases to 11.4 million when using the expanded definition. Picture: © 1971yes/123rf.com one hour ago JOHANNESBURG - Stats SA said there were 1.4 million fewer emp...

The official unemployment rate increased to 32.6% in the first quarter of 2021.

Stats SA said that the number of employed people in the country remained almost unchanged at 15 million between the fourth quarter of 2020 and the first quarter of 2021. The official unemployment rate increased slightly to 32.6% in the first quarter of 2021.

Its future depends on a successful vaccine rollout and strict protocols that make people feel safe

Cabinet on Thursday said people and institutions could register online for the pilot census up until 30 June, by visiting getcounted.statssa.gov.za. People will then be contacted by telephone.