In Africa, rapid increases in school participation and educational attainment have often come at the cost of quality, contributing to a serious shortfall in the skills for productive employment. This ...

Statistics SA Statistician General Risenga Maluleke warns that while the challenges facing young South Africans in the employment ... youth unemployment remains one of South Africa’s most ...

South Africa ... off in employment as businesses shed the seasonal hires of the festive season and thousands of fresh matriculants and graduates enter the job market. At 32.9%, the unemployment ...

In 1999, average years of schooling in MENA was 5.3 years, ahead of South Asia (4.6 years) and Sub-Saharan Africa ... on employment and earnings of programme participants. At the same time, when ...

PRETORIA, May 13 (Reuters) - South Africa's unemployment rate rose in the first ... active in the labour market by either looking for employment or participating," Manamela told a press conference.