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Infrastructure & Utilities

Amid June 30 protests, can South Africa’s infrastructure keep pace with migration pressures?

Katja Hamilton 30 Jun 2026

Reporting by Kopano Gumbi; additional reporting by Bhargav Acharya; editing by Alexander Winning and Giles Elgood

Youth Employment

South Africa's unemployment rate climbs for third quarter in a row

Kopano Gumbi 13 Aug 2024

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HR & Management

Stats SA records decrease in employment

20 Feb 2024

Significant gains in access to education

Primary & Secondary Education

Significant gains in access to education

12 Oct 2023

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Economy

Sluggish yet resilient economy posts growth despite market volatility

6 Sep 2023

Source: Reuters.

Economy

South Africa dodges recession as economy grows 0.4% in Q1

6 Jun 2023

Social grant recipients stand in a queue outside a post office, as joblessness takes its toll in Meadowlands, a suburb of Soweto, South Africa, 24 February 2022. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

HR & Management

Unemployment rate rises amid power crisis

Kopano Gumbi and Bhargav Acharya 16 May 2023

Social grant recipients stand in a queue outside a post office, as joblessness takes its toll in Meadowlands, a suburb of Soweto, South Africa, 24 February 2022. Reuters / Siphiwe Sibeko

HR & Management

Unemployment drops again after year of job gains

Promit Mukherjee 28 Feb 2023

Job seekers wait beside a road for casual work offered by passing motorists in Eikenhof, south of Johannesburg, South Africa, 3 March 2022. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

HR & Management

Unemployment rate dips in Q3

Kopano Gumbi 29 Nov 2022

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HR & Management

Unemployment rate decreases to 33.9%

24 Aug 2022

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HR & Management

Unemployment rate falls to 34.5% in first quarter

31 May 2022

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Youth Employment

Unemployment rises to 35.3%

29 Mar 2022

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Youth Employment

Unemployment reaches 34.9%

30 Nov 2021

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HR & Management

SA unemployment reaches 34.4% in 2021 Q2

24 Aug 2021

SA's unemployment rate rises slightly

HR & Management

SA's unemployment rate rises slightly

1 Jun 2021

Unemployment rises to 32.5%

HR & Management

Unemployment rises to 32.5%

23 Feb 2021

Unemployment drops to 23.3%

Talent Acquisition

Unemployment drops to 23.3%

29 Sep 2020

Risenga Maluleke, statistician-general

Economy

GDP contracts by 51% under lockdown

8 Sep 2020

Quarterly Labour Force data to be collected telephonically

HR & Management

Quarterly Labour Force data to be collected telephonically

7 May 2020

Women narrow gender gap at tertiary institutions

Higher Education

Women narrow gender gap at tertiary institutions

25 Feb 2020

Unemployment rate unchanged at 29.1%

HR & Management

Unemployment rate unchanged at 29.1%

11 Feb 2020

Unemployment rises to 29.1% in third quarter

HR & Management

Unemployment rises to 29.1% in third quarter

30 Oct 2019

Unemployment rate rises

HR & Management

Unemployment rate rises

30 Jul 2019

Unemployment marginally down to 27.1%

Management & Leadership

Unemployment marginally down to 27.1%

14 Feb 2019

SA exits technical recession in third quarter

Markets & Investment

SA exits technical recession in third quarter

4 Dec 2018

Stats SA conducts a nationwide census on commercial agriculture

Agriculture

Stats SA conducts a nationwide census on commercial agriculture

9 Oct 2018

Unemployment increases in second quarter of 2018

HR & Management

Unemployment increases in second quarter of 2018

31 Jul 2018

Unemployment eases in the last quarter of 2017

HR & Management

Unemployment eases in the last quarter of 2017

14 Feb 2018