A customer compares prices while shopping at a Pick n Pay shop The annual Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) softened in January, edging lower to 3.5% from 3.6% in December. Data released by Statistics South Africa on Wednesday indicates that CPI has returned to its November 2025 level. This has been attributed to stable food inflation…
[File] Job seekers standing outside a construction site The unemployment rate in the Eastern Cape rose by 1.3 percentage points to 42.5% in the fourth quarter of last year. The figures were released during the Quarterly Labour Force Survey briefing by Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke. Some 30 000 jobs were lost in the province over the…
[File Image]: Gold miners work deep underground at Sibanye Gold’s Masimthembe shaft in Westonaria, South Africa, April 3, 2017. Details surrounding the search and rescue operation for five Ekapa Mine workers trapped underground following a mud rush in the early hours of Tuesday morning remain unclear. The Kimberley-based mine said in a statement after the…
A passenger opens the Uber app. The KwaZulu-Natal E-Hailing Council and the Phoenix Taxi Association have agreed to work together following the assault on an e-hailing driver on Saturday. The Provincial Department of Transport convened an emergency meeting in Phoenix, north of Durban, to ease tensions between e-hailing and taxi operators in the area. The…
Job seekers in SA Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has welcomed the latest Statistics South Africa data that shows that the province’s unemployment rate has dropped to 18.1%, the lowest in the country. The latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey data was released earlier today. Winde says on average, the Western Cape added 31 000 jobs…
FILE IMAGE | Men hold placards offering temporary employment services while waiting for potential customers. Parliamentary Coordinator at Cosatu, Matthew Parks says while a marginal drop in the unemployment rate is welcome news, the overall unemployment situation in the country is not cause for celebration. His comments come after the latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey…
Beer seen at a bar Liquor traders in the North West have handed over their memorandum of demands to Department of Economic Development and Tourism MEC Bitsa Lenkopane. They are upset over the increase in fees relating to the annual renewal of liquor licenses. They cited a lack of consultation as a cause for concern,…
FILE IMAGE | Men hold placards offering temporary employment services while waiting for potential customers. The latest data released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) shows that the official unemployment rate decreased by 0,5% points from 31,9% in the third quarter of 2025 to 31,4% in the fourth quarter of 2025. The Quarterly Labour Force…
File: Miners seen in as shaft Management of Ekapa Mine in Kimberley, Northern Cape, has confirmed that a search and rescue operation is underway to find five mine workers who have been trapped following a mudslide since the early hours of Tiuesday morning. Management says communication with the miners has been cut off and they…
FILE | Electricity pylons. Eskom in Gauteng says it has lost close to R7 billion in revenue due to electricity theft and illegal connections. Three farmers and an Eskom employee are expected to appear in the Randfontein Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday for their bail applications. The four suspects stand accused of meter tampering on farms…
