Cape Town – MPs and officials from the Departments of Labour and Mineral Resources expressed frustration after Aurora Empowerment Systems and their provisional liquidators failed to turn up in Parliament today to detail … [Read more...]
National Treasury responds to YCL
Pretoria – National Treasury has refuted comments by the Young Communist League (YCL) over a pilot project on the youth wage subsidy. On Tuesday, the YCL issued a statement saying that the pilot project run by the … [Read more...]
Support to curb youth unemployment
Pretoria - With the country celebrating Youth Day next month, Cabinet has urged the South African nation to rally behind government's efforts to find cost effective solutions to deal with the scourge of youth … [Read more...]
Calls for partnership to curb youth unemployment
Pretoria - The Labour Department has called on social partners to assist government in finding solutions to the issue of youth unemployment in the country. It also wants more frank discussions to take place regarding … [Read more...]
Unemployment rises to 25.2 percent
Pretoria - South Africa’s unemployment rate rose to 25.2% in the first quarter of 2012 compared to 23.9% in the fourth quarter of 2011, says Statistics South Africa (Stats SA). “Unemployment increased by 282 000 persons … [Read more...]
Labour reviews private security
Pretoria - The Department of Labour (DoL) has kick-started a series of national public hearings on reviewing the Private Security Sectoral Determination following a notice by the Minister. This, according to the … [Read more...]
Agriculture plan to create jobs
Johannesburg - The Gauteng Department of Agriculture has developed a bold plan that will create more jobs for the province’s unemployed women and youth. Agriculture and Social Development MEC Nandi Mayathula-Khoza … [Read more...]
Young people urged to become farmers
Polokwane - Limpopo Agriculture MEC Jacob Marule has encouraged young people to become farmers and form farming cooperatives. Marule was speaking during the recent launch of the Mamasemphamo Cooperative in Ga Hlahla … [Read more...]
Amendment bills to address labour broking
Pretoria – Cabinet has approved two bills for submission to Parliament that deal with the phenomenon of labour broking and child labour, among others. Cabinet spokesperson Jimmy Manyi said that Cabinet had approved the … [Read more...]
Budget targets job creation
Durban – While the bulk of the provincial budget in KwaZulu-Natal will go towards education and health, a significant portion will be spent on infrastructure programmes. The total budget for the 2012/13 financial year is … [Read more...]
