More than one in four South Africans can't find work. In survey after survey, people rank this as the country's biggest problem. Here is our in-depth series on unemployment.
This series will consist of about a dozen articles published during mid- to late-February 2019.
We are taking an in-depth look at the issue South Africans are most concerned about
By Aidan Jones
12 February 2019
Quarterly survey says 27.1% of the labour force is out of work. A year ago it was 26.7%
By Aidan Jones
12 February 2019
“There are so many people in our community who are unemployed yet we still see rubbish lying around”
By Zoë Postman
13 February 2019
Manufacturing — a vital industrial sector — has shed 300,000 jobs
13 February 2019
If people are not willing to invest in a country, it is almost impossible to generate new jobs, writes Professor Vimal Ranchhod
14 February 2019
“The gold is right here in the soil”
14 February 2019
Khumbuzile Phakamile survives by selling empties to shebeens and trying to find gardening jobs that pay a pittance
14 February 2019
Business should inform curricula to prepare South Africa for the fourth industrial revolution, writes Business Unity SA CEO Tanya Cohen
By Tanya Cohen
15 February 2019
“I may not be employed but I will never let my children and me starve.”
15 February 2019
To reduce unemployment South Africa needs to prioritise labour-intensive work instead of higher wages, write professors Jeremy Seekings and Nicoli Nattrass
By Jeremy Seekings and Nicoli Nattrass
18 February 2019
Growth in manufacturing is essential but not at the expense of workers
By Aidan Jones
18 February 2019
How do we reduce unemployment? That is possibly the most important policy question facing South Africa.
18 February 2019
“There are many opportunities in our townships, it is just a matter of finding them.”
20 February 2019
Quarterly Labour Force Survey is the definitive source for most sectors, but not for mining
21 February 2019
Waste pickers must be integrated into the formal waste management sector, says researcher
22 February 2019
“Sometimes in a week I get maybe one job. If I am lucky I get two jobs and I make R150 per job.”
26 February 2019