More than 12 million people are unemployed in South Africa, with unemployment queues lengthening by an average of 1 000 people every day for the past 17 years. The consequences are catastrophic—for individuals, their families and communities, and the country as a whole.
Government’s favoured solution is public employment programmes that offer temporary short-term work that often pay less than the national minimum wage, provide few skills and offer little hope of progress into the labour market.
Please join us for the online launch of CDE’s new report South Africa’s Unemployment Catastrophe: A call for urgent action. The report shows that growth must be at the centre of a new approach…
Press Freedom: South Africa has a constitution that guarantees freedom of the
press, making it one of the most progressive in Africa.
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The early bird catches the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese
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Fun South African Fact: South Africa has one of the world’s most luxurious trains.