# The National Union of Mineworkers’ national executive committee has decided to legally challenge Eskom’s restructuring, saying it is willing to take the matter as far as the Constitutional Court. Last month, president Cyril Ramaphosa backed a plan for the establishment of an independent transmission system operator, ending a century-old monopoly by Eskom, and bringing […]
# Die vakverbond SAFTU sê werkloosheid vernietig mense se potensiaal, vererger armoede en veroorsaak maatskaplike krisisse. Die werkloosheidskoers het in die tweede kwartaal tot 33,6-persent gestyg teenoor 32,7-persent in die eerste kwartaal. Volgens die kwartaallikse arbeidsmagopname het die getal werklose mense met 345-duisend toegeneem tot 8,5-miljoen. Asive Dyani van SAFTU sê die land se ekonomiese […]
# Die Stad Tshwane het in die tweede kwartaal vanjaar 22-duisend werksgeleenthede bygevoeg. Volgens Statistiek Suid-Afrika het die metro se amptelike werkloosheidsyfer met 2,6-persent gedaal, van 36,8-persent tot 34,2-persent. Tshwane-burgemeester Nasiphi Moya se woordvoerder, Zintle Mahlati, sê terwyl Tshwane werksgeleenthede bygekry het, het Johannesburg in die kwartaal sowat 28-duisend en Ekurhuleni omtrent drie-duisend werksgeleenthede verloor. […]
# Union federation SAFTU says mass unemployment destroys human potential, deepens poverty, and drives social crises. The unemployment rate rose to 33.6-percent in the second quarter, from 32.7-percent in the first. According to the latest quarterly labour force survey, there was an increase of 345-thousand unemployed persons to 8.5-million. SAFTU’s Asive Dyani says the country’s […]
# Cosatu sê moedige en bepalende optrede is nodig om die land se werkloosheidskrisis te takel. Suid-Afrika se amptelike werkloosheidsyfer het met 0,9-persent gestyg van 32,7-persent in die eerste kwartaal vanjaar tot 33,6-persent in die tweede kwartaal. Cosatu-woordvoerder Matthew Parks sê die omvang van die krisis vereis ʼn aggressiewe stimuluspakket om die ekonomie aan die gang […]
# The City of Tshwane added 22-thousand jobs in the second quarter of this year. According to Statistics South Africa, the metro’s official unemployment rate declined by 2.6-percent, from 36.8-percent to 34.2-percent. Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya’s spokesperson, Zintle Mahlati, says while Tshwane added jobs, Johannesburg lost approximately 28-thousand jobs, and Ekurhuleni lost approximately three-thousand jobs […]
# Union federation Cosatu says bold and decisive action is needed to tackle the country’s unemployment crisis. South Africa’s official unemployment rate has increased by 0.9 percentage point from 32.7-percent in the first quarter of this year to 33.6-percent in the second quarter. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks says the extent of this crisis requires a bold and […]
# Die DA sê dit is duidelik dat Suid-Afrika se werkkrisis slegs vererger aangesien ekonomiese hervorming veels te stadig plaasvind om groei vinnig genoeg aan te spoor om werk te skep. Die jongste Kwartaallikse Arbeidsmagopname toon dat die land se amptelike werkloosheidsyfer met 0,9-persentasiepunte gestyg het, van 32,7-persent in die eerste kwartaal van hierdie jaar […]
# The DA says it is clear that South Africa’s jobs crisis is worsening, not improving, as economic reform is happening far too slowly to spur growth at the pace required to create jobs. The latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey shows that the country’s official unemployment rate has increased by 0.9 percentage points from 32.7-percent […]
