Aug 12, 2026
The Quarterly Labour Force Survey confirms that South Africa is not short of unemployed people who need work; it is short of a fiscus willing to fund the jobs, services and grants that keep people afloat while economic growth happens. South Africa needs to be creating...
May 29, 2026
Workers, indebted households, and the unemployed will bear the full cost of a rate hike designed to fight inflation we did not cause. In the South African context of poverty, inequality and unemployment, the BJC calls on parliament to revise the SARB’s mandate. On the...
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May 12, 2026
UNEMPLOYMENT IS WORSENING, REFLECTING FAILURES OF FISCAL POLICY The Budget Justice Coalition notes with continued concern the latest unemployment statistics for the first quarter of 2026, which saw a quarterly increase in the narrow (not including discouraged...
Oct 26, 2025
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