A Summary of South Africa’s Unemployment Figure Q1 2019 – Where do we turn now?
Introduction to Unemployment Q1 2019 On 14th May 2019, just a week after its citizens took to the polls, the official unemployment figures for quarter 1 of 2019 were released. The headline press release was that the nation’s unemployment figure has risen from 27,1% up to 27,6%. Moving forward, we will break down the […]
Unemployment in South Africa [Infographic]
South Africa has always maintained a very high unemployment rate. There are currently 6.2 million South Africans without jobs – a very worrying statistic indeed. Even more worrying is the fact that the number of South Africans who have stopped looking for work has increased by 0.5%, to 37.3%. 50.2% is the statistic that depicts […]
A Summary of the Employment Statistics released by StatsSA 1st June 2017
Yesterday, StatsSA released a new set of figures regarding the state of South African jobs. We take a look at some of the significant numbers that stand out and what they mean for jobseekers. Unemployment up to 27.7% Although there was a growth in employment by 144,000 people, the amount of jobseekers trumped this, as […]
