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Stats SA detailed the full-time employment decrease of 55,000 or -0.6% quarter-on-quarter, from 9,503,000 in December 2024 to ...
The latest labour force survey reveals a troubling decline in South African employment, highlighting the challenges faced by ...
March 2025 saw South Africa lose 95,000 jobs, primarily in construction and trade, while the manufacturing sector ...
Take home pay in South Africa declined for the third consecutive month, and alarm bells are ringing over a huge petrol price ...
Community services and mining were also casualties in the first quarter of 2025, staving off 17,000 and 4,000 jobs, ...
Seventy-four thousand jobs have been lost in the first quarter of this year, compared to the final quarter of last year.
The South African rand inched up in early trade on Thursday, ahead of the release of a quarterly bulletin by the country’s central bank and monthly Producer Price Index (PPI) figures. At 0610 GMT the ...
Can we still depend on Statistics SA's data on unemployment or should we change how we look at people who are not formally employed?
STATISTICS South Africa’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey confirmed that 95 000 jobs were lost since March. Yesterday's latest ...
Stats SA's latest Quarterly Employment Statistics reveal a troubling decline in employment across key sectors, raising ...
The South African rand firmed against a weaker dollar in early trade on Tuesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump’s ...
Nigeria led West Africa as the region's largest intra-African trading country in 2024, hitting $18.4 billion in trade last year.