Statements
Govt reaffirms job creation focus amid Q1 data
14th May 2025 The government notes the decrease in employment in Q1 of 2025 compared to in Q4 of 2024 as per Stats SA’s latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey... →
Correctional Services committee briefed on parole of Janusz Walus and the rapists in Alison Botha case
14th May 2025 The Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services today receive a briefing on the process leading to the cancellation or revocation of parole for... →
Statistics South Africa on Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) – Q1: 2025
13th May 2025 According to the QLFS Q1: 2025 results, there was a decrease of 291 000 in the number of employed persons to 16,8 million from 17,1 million in Q4:... →
Q1 Job Stats Show the DA is Right To Keep Fighting For Reforms for Growth and Jobs
13th May 2025 The Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) data today showing that approximately 300 000 jobs were shed from our economy shows that the DA's fight for... →
ActionSA Demands Urgent Policy Reforms to Rescue 8.2 Million Jobless South Africans
13th May 2025 South Africa’s unemployment crisis is spiralling out of control, and the so-called Government of National Unity (GNU) remains missing in action.... →
Unemployment rate rises to 32.9%, a Basic Income Grant is a moral imperative
13th May 2025 The latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey for Q1 2025 confirms what South Africans already feel in their homes and communities - unemployment is... →
Eskom fails again as load-shedding returns and Winter bites
13th May 2025 The Democratic Alliance (DA) expresses deep concern and sympathy for the millions of South Africans who will be plunged into darkness this evening,... →
Premier Lesufi continues to fail Gauteng residents as unemployment rate spikes
13th May 2025 Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi's government has failed to create a conducive environment to attract investors and grow the local economy. This is... →
Western Cape adds 49 0000 jobs amid first quarter bloodbath for SA
13th May 2025 In a brutal first quarter for South Africa’s labour market, where national unemployment surged and hundreds of thousands of jobs vanished, the... →
ANC-EFF coalition behind Tshwane’s land crisis, not DA policies
13th May 2025 The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Tshwane rejects the false claims by African National Congress (ANC), Councillor Joel Masilela blaming the DA for... →
