# 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 […]
# Rise Mzansi says the rising unemployment rate shows that the government needs a new approach to the economy. Following the latest labour force survey showing unemployment at 33.6-percent, the party calls for urgent reforms to local government, as well as improvements to water, energy and transport infrastructure to support economic growth and job creation. […]
# AgriSA, Agri Western Cape and the Canning Fruit Producers Association are calling for urgent talks with Premier Foods over plans to stop soft-fruit canning at its Tulbagh facility before the 2026/2027 harvest. The organisations warn the closure could affect more than 200 fruit producers, thousands of jobs and the wider Western Cape fruit industry. […]
# The Motor Industry Staff Association is raising concern over the rising unemployment rate, which reached 33.6-percent between April and June. According to the union, 345-thousand more people became unemployed, while youth unemployment rose to 47.4-percent. MISA’s Phakamile Hlubi-Majola calls on the government, business and labour to work together to create permanent jobs, invest in […]
# The Congress of the People is calling on the Government of National Unity to declare unemployment a national disaster and introduce an urgent jobs and youth employment programme. The call follows a rise in South Africa’s official unemployment rate to 33.6-percent in the second quarter of 2026, up from 32.7-percent. COPE wants the government […]
# The Western Cape government says it will intensify efforts to attract investment and create more jobs, following a decline in the province’s unemployment rate to 19.5-percent between April and June. The province created 91-thousand jobs year-on-year, with strong growth in finance, trade and agriculture. The provincial government’s Regan Thaw says the focus remains on […]
# Rise Mzansi sê die stygende werkloosheidsyfer toon die regering het ‘n nuwe benadering tot die ekonomie nodig. Die jongste arbeidsmagopname toon werkloosheid staan op 33,6-persent. Die party vra daarom dringende hervormings aan plaaslike regering, asook verbeterings aan water-, energie- en vervoerinfrastruktuur om ekonomiese groei en werkskepping te ondersteun. Mabine Seabe van Rise Mzansi sê […]
