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Green shoots in jobs numbers must accelerate economic reform
12th November 2024 Today's release by Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for Q3:24 attests to our foremost commitment to... →
More unemployment misery in Gauteng as jobless rate worsens
12th November 2024 The official unemployment rate in Gauteng in the third quarter of 2024 worsened to 34.0% year on year. Much needs to be done to decrease the... →
National Treasury should guard against budget cuts affecting DBE programmes – Education committee chair
12th November 2024 The Chairperson of the Select Committee on Education, Sciences and Creative Industries, Mr Makhi Feni, has called on the National Treasury to... →
Statistics South Africa on official unemployment rate in third quarter of 2024
12th November 2024 According to the QLFS Q3: 2024 results, there was an increase of 294 000 in the number of employed persons to 16,9 million in Q3: 2024, while there... →
Deputy Minister Mhlauli welcomes the significant decrease in unemployment rate
12th November 2024 Deputy Minister in the Presidency Nonceba Mhlauli welcomes the results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey for the third quarter of 2024 released... →
SA joblessness crisis: Despite improvement, unemployment remains stubbornly high
12th November 2024 South Africa’s unemployment rate decreases marginally by 1.4 percentage points to 32.1% in Q3:2024. And although any improvement should be... →
Huge breakthrough as Western Cape unemployment rate drops below 20%
12th November 2024 The DA in the Western Cape welcomes the results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey published today, which showed that the Western Cape has... →
ActionSA Welcomes Decrease in Unemployment, Calls for Bolder Measures to Solve Unemployment Crisis
12th November 2024 ActionSA welcomes the slight improvement in South Africa’s employment numbers but maintains that more bold measures are required to lift the... →
There's more that SA must do to support Palestine
12th November 2024 While the world awaits the outcome of South Africa’s genocide charges against Israel at the International Court of Justice there are further steps... →
IFP Welcomes Interventions by President Hlabisa at Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
12th November 2024 The Inkatha Freedom Party congratulates its President, Honourable Velenkosini Hlabisa, Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs,... →
