South African retail sales rise 3.1% year on year in December
South African retail sales rose 3.1% year on year in December after rising by a revised 7.6% in November, Statistics South ...
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Cargo tracking reforms linger despite $500m yearly losses
The implementation of the International Cargo Tracking Note (ICTN) in the second quarter of 2025 has garnered criticisms and support ...
Youth unemployment remains a headache for government as job market struggle continues
Nkosinathi Mahlangu, Momentum Group's youth employment portfolio head, said the unchanged expanded unemployment rate of 41. 9 ...
Youth unemployment in South Africa: A call for urgent action
Youth development organisation Afrika Tikkun said that data from the latest Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) Quarterly ...
The Citizen19h
Improvement in unemployment rate, but SA still needs almost 8 million jobs
The level of unemployment declined by 19 573 compared to the previous quarter, bringing the total number of unemployed people ...
iafrica20h
Slight Improvement as Unemployment Rate Edges Down to 31.9%
South Africa’s official unemployment rate has nudged down by 0.2 percentage points, settling at 31.9% in the final quarter of ...
South African labour market outlook improving as unemployment rate edges down
This comes after the official rate of unemployment eased slightly in the three months to the end of December buoyed by increasing jobs in the finance and manufacturing sectors.
South African Unemployment Rate Declines as Finance Sector Hires
The jobless rate declined to 31.9% in the three months through December, compared with 32.1% in the previous quarter, ...
Infrastructure investment in South Africa: Ramaphosa's vision for economic recovery
In his weekly newsletter on Monday, Ramaphosa said the government's infrastructure drive was gathering pace because of ...
Japan's GDP beats forecasts as consumption, business spending perk up
Japan's economy grew faster than expected in the fourth quarter, on improved business spending and a surprise increase in ...
Has finance for green industry had an impact in Africa? What’s happened in 41 countries over 20 years
African countries must start manufacturing their own renewable energy systems. Green industrialisation will boost the ...
Mining Weekly5d
Firm underscores continent’s suitability for renewable energy
Africa is well positioned to improve its energy security, owing to its high solar radiation factor, highlights ...