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South Africa added 248,000 jobs in Q3, but year-to-date losses and weak growth show how fragile the recovery remains. The budget will need to…
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The jobs crisis worsens as factories shut and imports rise. Only urgent reforms in infrastructure, logistics and governance can halt the decline…
Goodyear exit lays bare South Africa’s industrial decline
Goodyear’s Kariega shutdown cuts over 700 jobs and exposes South Africa’s industrial fragility. One worker says it feels ‘like starting from zero’…
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Government infighting is paralysing the state from some uncomplicated quick fixes that could help arrest South Africa’s jobless crisis…
It’s not tariffs killing South Africa, it’s the jobs drought
South Africa’s jobless rate hits 33.2%. Tariffs aren’t the culprit – stagnant growth is. Talk won’t fix it; bold reforms and real investment just…
Fourie vs Stats SA: A final word
You don’t need to stay in your lane, as some have suggested, to question why South Africa’s unemployment rate is so much of an…
Is unemployment really just 10%? Not likely …
Capitec’s CEO says South Africa’s real jobless rate is 10%. Stats SA says he’s way off. Who’s right? Spoiler: it’s not the banker…
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