# Government says Statistics South Africa’s latest quarterly labour force survey results for quarter one of 2025 is a reminder of the ongoing challenges in the labour market. Unemployment figures increased to 32.9-percent in the first quarter of this year, and close to 300-thousand jobs were lost between January and March in comparison to the […]
# The GOOD Party says the latest quarterly labour force survey for quarter one confirms what South Africans already feel in their homes, that unemployment is getting worse, not better. The official unemployment rate has climbed to 32.9-percent, which translates to 8.2-million citizens officially unemployed. GOOD’s secretary general, Brett Herron, says the country is not […]
# Build One South Africa sê die regering kan nie die land se trae, ongelyke ekonomie en hoë werkloosheidsyfer takel nie. Die kwartaallikse arbeidsmag-opname vir die eerste kwartaal toon die aantal werkende mense in die formele sektor het met 245-duisend afgeneem terwyl dié in die informele sektor met 17-duisend toegeneem het. BOSA sê staatsdepartemente en ministers […]
# Build One South Africa says the government cannot tackle the country’s stagnant, unequal economy and stubbornly high unemployment rate. The Quarterly Labour Force survey for the first quarter shows the number of people employed in the formal sector decreased by 245-thousand while informal sector employment increased by 17-thousand. BOSA says that for far too long, […]
# Die MK Party sê die toename in werkloosheid is ’n duidelike teken van ’n nasionale krisis wat veroorsaak is deur ’n mislukte regering van nasionale eenheid. In reaksie op die jongste kwartaalikse arbeidsmagopname voer die party aan dat swart jeug, vroue en mense met gestremdhede uitgesluit word deur ’n ekonomie wat steeds gevorm word […]
# The MK Party says the rise in unemployment is a clear sign of a national crisis caused by a failed government of national unity. Reacting to the latest quarterly labour force survey, the party argues black youth, women, and people with disabilities are being sidelined by an economy still shaped by apartheid-era privilege. MK […]
# Die DA sê die regering van Gauteng-premier, Panyaza Lesufi stel nog steeds die inwoners teleur, met die provinsie se werkloosheidsyfer wat gestyg het tot 34,7-persent, vanaf 34,4-persent. Die nuutse kwartaalikse arbeidsmag-opname wys dat daar 2,7-miljoen werklose inwoners in die provinsie is, met ‘n addisionele 579-duisend ontmoedigde werksoekers. Mike Moriarty van die DA het Lesufi […]
# The DA says Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi’s government continues to fail residents as the province’s unemployment rate rises to 34.7-percent, up from 34.4-percent. The latest quarterly labour force survey shows there are 2.7-million unemployed residents in the province, with an additional 579-thousand discouraged job seekers. The DA’s Mike Moriarty criticised Lesufi’s economic strategies, including […]
# Die minister van Elektrisiteit en Energie, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, sal vandag omvattende inligting gee oor die doeltreffendheid van elektrisiteitsopwekking. Dit volg nadat Eskom gister fase twee beurtkrag ingestel het wat tot môre tydens aand-spitsure geld. Die kragverskaffer sê die besluit is geneem weens vertragings met die terugkeer van opwekkingseenhede en onverwagte onderbrekings, wat gelei het […]