COVID-19 The Gift That Keeps Giving! Any analysis of unemployment figures in South Africa should always be prefaced by the reminder, that it is a stated Socialist and Communist goal to move workers out of private sector jobs (capitalism) and into state employment or onto state welfare. This simple fact should make it abundantly clear why Ramaphosa, ANC & SACP could hardly contain their joy when Covid19 struck SA. Indeed they have wielded the CCP Virus to strike down private enterprises (mostly targeting white owned businesses) to great effect. We were asked to stay home for a few months in an extremely draconian lockdown, “so that the government can prepare for the coming crisis”. Yet now they are telling us the crisis cannot be avoided, cannot be stopped and will come back again? Feeling foolish yet? They no longer think we are stupid, they now KNOW we are!
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1 in 3 South Africans Out of Work as ANC Sets All Time Unemployment Record with 2.2 Million Jobs Lost in 2Q 2020!
Poor economic conditions in SA cause job losses
With the latest announcement from Telkom regarding the retrenchment of nearly 3,000 employees, the mining industry has also warned that they will be following the same route. Glencore and Merafe are also retrenching due to the poor economy and the extremely expensive electricity. Unconfirmed reports indicate that about 1,000 jobs have been compromised, of which..
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Matric class of 2019 will struggle to find jobs – SA Youth unemployment rate rose to 58.2 percent in the third quarter of 2019
South Africa’s matric class of 2019 has achieved impressive results, but may struggle to find work as the country faces constrained employment in 2020. John Botha, chief operation officer at Global Business Solutions, said that this is highlighted by the country’s current growth level. Using a labour elasticity formula he noted that for each 1%..
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Eskom engineer not entitled to promotion because he is white, no wonder the power utility is in such a mess
A white engineer at Eskom is being assisted by Solidarity trade union after he applied 2 times for posts at the power station where he currently works – posts for which he was the best candidate – but was told that the posts can’t go to him because he is a white male. Eskom’s initial..
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SAA strike costing R52 million a day and with a bankruptcy record it could mean the end of the entity
More than 3000 workers affiliated with Numsa and Sacca downed tools at SAA on Friday over a wage dispute and plans to cut more than 900 jobs, costing the airline about R52 million a day. The interim chief financial officer of SAA Deon Fredericks, said the strike was pushing the struggling airline to unsustainable levels…
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Unemployment rates rise to 27.6% and remain one of SA’s biggest challenges
Statistics South Africa announces that unemployment rose by 0.5 percentage points to 27.6% in the first quarter of this year. The figures confirm economists’ presumption that economic growth in the first quarter was negative and unemployment remains one of SA’s biggest challenges. The SA economy started on a bitter note this year with unemployment rising..
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Maybe April fools joke? – More jobs in SA during 2018
The business sector saw the greatest surge in job growth, while the construction industry, mining and manufacturing departments had fewer jobs to offer. Observers say the latest statistics show an increase in jobs, but are not sure how accurate the statistics service is. According to the statistics, an estimated 10,151 million people were employed at..
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Eskom crisis as not just a crisis but a potential disaster – Eskom Price Hike To Cost SA 90,000 Mining Jobs – Unemployment rates to rise, all thanks to Eskom!
Labor unions have threatened strikes over the job cuts at mining firms as well planned reductions at a numerous state-owned companies. JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s gold and platinum mines will shed around 90,000 jobs in the next three years as above-inflation electricity price increases by power utility Eskom add to already soaring operating costs, an..
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Cyril Ramaphosa signs National Minimum Wage Bill to uplift the country’s working poor who earn below R20 an hour – What about old age pension Mr President, can’t you increase that as well?
Employers who are unable to pay the minimum wage due to constraints in their businesses will be eligible for exemptions. President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed the National Minimum Wage Bill, which is expected to benefit about 6-million workers that currently earn below R3,700 a month when it comes into effect on January 1 2019. Business..
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Another deceit from the ANC regime! – Gold Field Mine announced that it is necessary to lay down 1,100 workers, just a few days after the ruling government has assured no retrenchments will be made
The National Union for Miners (NUM) has called on the Minister of Mineral Resources, Gwede Mantashe, to protect jobs at the Gold Field Mine. It follows after the mine announced that it was forced to lay down 1,100 workers and added that the number of contractors was reduced to 420. The announcement of Gold Field..
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Chinese is the new black? – Billion-rand train factory to create hundreds of jobs in Gauteng for Chinese workers
President Cyril Ramaphosa has officially launched a new multibillion-rand train manufacturing factory at Dunnottar Park in Nigel, Gauteng, during the past week. Dunnottar Park train factory – the facts and figures The 72-hectare site at Dunnottar Park, which cost R1 billion, consists of a Supplier Park and Rail Training School, which will manufacture, assemble, test,..
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South Africa’s unemployment crisis: 69 000 jobs lost in four months
Stats SA revealed that employment in the non-agricultural formal sector dropped from 9 817 000 in March 2018 to 9 748 000 in June 2018. South Africa’s unemployment crisis continues to worsen as reports reveal thousands of jobs lost during the second financial quarter. Statistics SA released its latest Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES) bulletin on..
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If you’re looking for a job‚ head to Durban
If you are looking for a job‚ then it’s best you head to Durban. According to the latest ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey (MEOS)‚ KwaZulu-Natal is expected to increase its workforce by 11% in the third quarter of this year.
ManpowerGroup SA managing director Lyndy van den Barselaar said tourism projects worth more than R50-billion were planned for Durban‚ including renovations to the Point Waterfront‚ upgrades to the Warwick precinct‚ and the Centrum government precinct development which includes extensions to the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre.
“What is surprising‚ is the fact that further employment from these projects have not been reflected in the forecast for the construction sector‚ in the coming quarter.”
Jobs are expected to increase in the province as it focuses on tourism‚ with several projects expected to boost the industry.
Limpopo protesters demand jobs from mine
Northam – Communities living in the mining area of Northam Platinum mine in Limpopo braved the rain to hand over a memorandum to the mine on Thursday.
Communities residing in the 50km radius of the mine demanded that they be employed at the mine; that the mine recognise their councillors and traditional leaders; and for the mine to stop recruiting people from Teba in Phokeng and to rather recruit directly from the mining communities.
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‘Unhappy’ security guards march in Pretoria
Pretoria – Hundreds of “unhappy” security guards took to the streets of the capital to march against exploitation, poor working conditions and unlawful deductions from salaries on Tuesday morning.
The security guards, AFFILIATED to the Academic and Professional Staff Association, came from as far as Bronkhorstspruit and Johannesburg are planned to march to different head offices of organisations that use Apsa security guards.
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