MONDAY, 08 AUGUST 2016 15:41 City Press Business writes that the platinum industry shed roughly 20,000 jobs in the year to end March as the major mining companies wrapped up their restructuring plans. The latest…
Wednesday, 18 January 2012 The Census is not a head-count. The Census is not an attempt to count or determine the total number of inhabitants of the country. The census is merely an official tax-payer-funded…
Tuesday, 28 October 2014 A recent article stated that “There are 20.1 million economically active people in South Africa” “South Africa’s economically active population is growing, an indication that more people are coming into the…
SHAUN SMILLIE | 13 May, 2016 07:21 We may have sunshine, wide skies and the girls are pretty, too, but damn are we miserable as a country? So glum that we are now the fifth-most-miserable…
Apr 26 2016 12:57 Cape Town – Almost 60 000 employees could lose their jobs in South Africa in 2016, a report by Solidarity trade union revealed in Pretoria on Tuesday. Solidarity’s research shows that…
Good work ethic, a thick skin and a fighter attitude are all part of the South African package. By Jade Sheldon – April 25, 2016 Image Credits: Shutterstock I was 12 years old and we…
South African model Candice Swanepoel. Although legislated against by government, companies and even fashion magazines still love white youths. POSTED BY: PRAAG APRIL 20, 2016 Despite draconian affirmative-action legislation in South Africa, white and Indian…
July 29, 2015 Unemployment is a major talking point in South Africa with government’s National Development Plan targeting a jobless rate of 14 percent by 2020 and 6 percent by 2030. Given the current level…
Posted 16 February 2016Written by Anthea Jeffery Category Unemployment The most pressing problem facing the country in the eyes of ordinary South Africans is unemployment. It is not racism, despite what many politicians would have…
MARIANNE MERTEN SOUTH AFRICA 24 MAR 2016 12:55 (SOUTH AFRICA) There is a smidgen of good news: 6,000 more South Africans were employed in the formal sector in the last quarter of 2015 than in…
