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Ashley Goldsmith, chief people officer at Workday

HR & Management

Talent exodus: Stagnant career growth is pushing high achievers to leave

12 Sep 2025

Talent Acquisition

Quarterly employment stats confirm 74,000 job losses in formal sector

25 Jun 2025

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Employment Equity

Beyond the B-BBEE scorecard: Employment equity requires real change, not just compliance

Suran Moodley and Boudine Henningse 19 Jun 2025

Economy

The average take-home pay reaches highest level yet in September

25 Oct 2024

Olebogeng Manhe, Chairman of the Gap Infrastructure Corporation (GIC)

Skills Development

Construction and vocational training can help SA's youth find jobs

Olebogeng Manhe 16 Jul 2024

Economy

Employment statistics highlight the grim reality for workers

Abigail Moyo 26 Jun 2024

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HR & Management

Employment back to pre-Covid levels - Labour Force Survey

20 Nov 2023

Donor fatigue? Now is not the time for South Africa's NGO education sector

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

Donor fatigue? Now is not the time for South Africa's NGO education sector

Lauren Bright 14 Apr 2023

Quarter-on-quarter SA employment figures record 10,000 jobs increase

Talent Acquisition

Quarter-on-quarter SA employment figures record 10,000 jobs increase

19 Dec 2022

TPN Q2 2022 report shows tenants continue to prioritise rentals

Residential Property

TPN Q2 2022 report shows tenants continue to prioritise rentals

7 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters.

Economy

South Africa shed 119,000 jobs in second quarter - Statistics SA

Ed Stoddard 3 Oct 2022

Image source: Getty Images

Higher Education

Are our teachers of the future currently working in industry?

Shan Radcliffe 15 Aug 2022

Capital Legacy - a success story

Law Practice

Capital Legacy - a success story

Issued by Capital Legacy 22 Apr 2022

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Remuneration & Payroll

2022 Ad Talent Salary Survey: What are you worth?

3 Feb 2022

New report: WGC members contributed billions to local economies in 2020

Mining

New report: WGC members contributed billions to local economies in 2020

30 Nov 2021

Residential rental market over-supplied as demand wanes

Residential Property

Residential rental market over-supplied as demand wanes

Michelle Dickens 26 Nov 2021

SA's agricultural employment stats up due to good harvests

Agribusiness

SA's agricultural employment stats up due to good harvests

31 Aug 2021

Potatoes SA campaign to unpack position of potatoes during pandemic

Agro-processing

Potatoes SA campaign to unpack position of potatoes during pandemic

12 Apr 2021

Covid-19 lessons for SA's restaurant industry

Food Services

Covid-19 lessons for SA's restaurant industry

Rene Botha 13 Oct 2020

Factor 5G: The real value of mobile connectivity

Internet

Factor 5G: The real value of mobile connectivity

Issued by Publishared 12 Aug 2020

Covid-19 severely impacts employment

HR & Management

Covid-19 severely impacts employment

20 May 2020

Technical recession puts further pressure on employment

Management & Leadership

Technical recession puts further pressure on employment

10 Mar 2020

Formal non-agricultural sector employed 2000 less during second quarter

HR & Management

Formal non-agricultural sector employed 2000 less during second quarter

27 Sep 2019

Jobs increase recorded in non-agricultural business sector

HR & Management

Jobs increase recorded in non-agricultural business sector

26 Jun 2019

Sky's the limit for The Leonardo

Architecture & Design

Sky's the limit for The Leonardo

20 Mar 2019

Chinese, black and white labourers in a South African gold mine probably taken between 1904 to 1910. Source: Carptenter/Library of Congress via pingnews (public domain)

Mining

Stats SA's confusing mining employment statistics

GroundUp staff 27 Feb 2019

MTBPS: Tax, tax and more tax

Markets & Investment

MTBPS: Tax, tax and more tax

Madelein Grobler & Jolandie Crauwcamp 18 Oct 2018

Jobs added in first quarter

HR & Management

Jobs added in first quarter

26 Jun 2018

Supporting tourism can reinvigorate the Cape economy

Tourism & Travel

Supporting tourism can reinvigorate the Cape economy

Judiet Barnes 4 Jun 2018

Stephen Woodford, chief executive at the Advertising Association.

Advertising

UK adspend hits record £22.2bn in 2017

26 Apr 2018

Unemployment eases in the last quarter of 2017

HR & Management

Unemployment eases in the last quarter of 2017

14 Feb 2018

R69,000-a-day CEOs

Management & Leadership

R69,000-a-day CEOs

30 Jun 2017

Employment declines in first quarter

Management & Leadership

Employment declines in first quarter

27 Jun 2017

Employment data signals tough times

Markets & Investment

Employment data signals tough times

Richard Gray 24 Oct 2016

The economy is tanking - time for South Africa's entrepreneurs to shine

Marketing & Media

The economy is tanking - time for South Africa's entrepreneurs to shine

Issued by GLOBAL DATA INTELLIGENCE LIMITED 27 Jul 2016

Employment decreases in first quarter of 2016

Talent Acquisition

Employment decreases in first quarter of 2016

5 Jul 2016

Mobile is the SME's best friend

Mobile

Mobile is the SME's best friend

herman cremer 30 May 2016

Malls grow as purses shrink

Retail & Hospitality Property

Malls grow as purses shrink

Adele Shevel 22 Mar 2016

Economic indicators that SMEs should monitor

Markets & Investment

Economic indicators that SMEs should monitor

16 Feb 2016

Q2 formal-sector jobs fall to 8.944m from 8.945m in Q1

Logistics & Transport

Q2 formal-sector jobs fall to 8.944m from 8.945m in Q1

30 Sep 2015

Agri SA welcomes release of ILO Report

Agriculture

Agri SA welcomes release of ILO Report

22 Jul 2015

Kasi-youth: Disillusioned or empowered?

Youth Marketing

Kasi-youth: Disillusioned or empowered?

Amelia Richards 25 Jun 2015

Just 9,000 jobs created in first quarter

Talent Acquisition

Just 9,000 jobs created in first quarter

Carol Paton 26 Jun 2014

South Africans don't make provision for retirement

Financial Services

South Africans don't make provision for retirement

22 Oct 2013

Formal sector sheds 28‚000 jobs in second quarter

Talent Acquisition

Formal sector sheds 28‚000 jobs in second quarter

Ntsakisi Maswanganyi 18 Sep 2013

Formal sector employment up by 0.1% in the third quarter

HR & Management

Formal sector employment up by 0.1% in the third quarter

13 Dec 2012

Energy & Mining

Mining job losses do not bode well for SA's unemployment rate

12 Dec 2012

Talent Acquisition

More people employed, salaries higher

19 Sep 2012