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Olebogeng Manhe, Chairman of the Gap Infrastructure Corporation (GIC)

Construction and vocational training can help SA's youth find jobsOlebogeng Manhe

Addressing the global and South African IT skills shortage: Empowering the youth for a sustainable future

Addressing the global and South African IT skills shortage: Empowering the youth for a sustainable future

11 Jul 2024

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KZN issues warning on fake job adverts

3 Jul 2024

The promise to end unemployment, poverty and inequality in KwaZulu-Natal has been given a boost with the province's revitalised S’thesha Waya Waya initiative | Image:

S'thesha Waya Waya initiative puts food on the table

22 Aug 2023

Solving SA's hospitality skills shortage: Service is the key to resolution

Solving SA's hospitality skills shortage: Service is the key to resolution

Guy Stehlik 17 Aug 2023

File photo: Casual workers display posters advertising their skills at an intersection in Kempton Park, near Johannesburg, South Africa, 1 October 2020. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Unemployment rate dips in Q2

15 Aug 2023

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Kids' dream jobs don't reflect workplace trends - study

2 Aug 2023

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Why you should be employing younger staff

Sasha Knott and Kelly Louw 31 Jul 2023

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Eskom warns against job scam

26 Jul 2023

Growth For Jobs: What is it and what does it mean for the Western Cape?

24 Jul 2023

Supplied image: Spar YES4Youth learnership programme participants

Key to unemployment crisis lies in supply chain development

18 Jul 2023

Upskilling youth with practical skills is essential to fighting unemployment

Upskilling youth with practical skills is essential to fighting unemployment

Melanie Riches 17 Jul 2023

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TES offers choice and flexibility to job seekers

Quintus Sliep 12 Jul 2023

Labour dept hosts career expo for Eastern Cape youth

27 Jun 2023

Matheko Waleng Principal at Signium Africa

Youth, remain resilient in the face of a tough job market

22 Jun 2023

Snapshot of the youth jobseeker segment

Snapshot of the youth jobseeker segment

Pnet 20 Jun 2023

Image supplied. It's all smiles for employees Siyabonga Mali, Felleng Sethoabane, Siphosethu Silinga (Yes), Shuanah Frans, and Benjamin Peter who participated in the Shoprite Group's youth development programmes

Shoprite Group offers unemployed youth employment and careers

13 Jun 2023

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Public Employment Service launches mobile bus to assist job seekers

9 Jun 2023

Mondelez International and Top Employers’ Institute discussion panel (L-R): Bunny Majaja, Sandra Botha, Njabulo Mashingo, Cebile Xulu and Keshnie Martin

#AfricaMonth: Has Africa got talent?

Shan Radcliffe 31 May 2023

Social grant recipients stand in a queue outside a post office, as joblessness takes its toll in Meadowlands, a suburb of Soweto, South Africa, 24 February 2022. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Unemployment rate rises amid power crisis

Kopano Gumbi and Bhargav Acharya 16 May 2023

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3 in-demand digital jobs and the skills needed to get them

15 May 2023

SAVC calls for vets to be put back on critical skills list

SAVC calls for vets to be put back on critical skills list

12 May 2023

Christel House SA students get real-world interview experience

Christel House SA students get real-world interview experience

4 Apr 2023

Christel House SA launches initiative to support unemployed youth

Christel House SA launches initiative to support unemployed youth

24 Mar 2023

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Productivity faces decline as young workers threaten to 'act their wage'

16 Mar 2023

Reasons why a TVET college may be for you

Reasons why a TVET college may be for you

8 Mar 2023

Social grant recipients stand in a queue outside a post office, as joblessness takes its toll in Meadowlands, a suburb of Soweto, South Africa, 24 February 2022. Reuters / Siphiwe Sibeko

Unemployment drops again after year of job gains

Promit Mukherjee 28 Feb 2023

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Call to remove work experience requirement for entry-level jobs

10 Feb 2023

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Employment Tax Incentive expanded

10 Feb 2023

3 ways that SMEs can attract and retain Gen Y and Gen Z female talent

3 ways that SMEs can attract and retain Gen Y and Gen Z female talent

Pnet 7 Feb 2023

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Phase IV of the Basic Education Employment Initiative commences

3 Feb 2023

How SMEs can attract the best of SA's youth using online recruitment platforms

How SMEs can attract the best of SA's youth using online recruitment platforms

Pnet 3 Feb 2023

How to stand out from other Gen Y and Gen Z candidates in a crowded job market

How to stand out from other Gen Y and Gen Z candidates in a crowded job market

CareerJunction 1 Feb 2023

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The promise to end unemployment, poverty and inequality in KwaZulu-Natal has been given a boost with the province's revitalised S’thesha Waya Waya initiative | Image:

S'thesha Waya Waya initiative puts food on the table

22 Aug 2023

Solving SA's hospitality skills shortage: Service is the key to resolution

Solving SA's hospitality skills shortage: Service is the key to resolution

Guy Stehlik 17 Aug 2023

File photo: Casual workers display posters advertising their skills at an intersection in Kempton Park, near Johannesburg, South Africa, 1 October 2020. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Unemployment rate dips in Q2

15 Aug 2023

Image source: aberration –

Kids' dream jobs don't reflect workplace trends - study

2 Aug 2023

Image source: fauxels from

Why you should be employing younger staff

Sasha Knott and Kelly Louw 31 Jul 2023

Image source: Tara Winstead from

Eskom warns against job scam

26 Jul 2023

Growth For Jobs: What is it and what does it mean for the Western Cape?

24 Jul 2023

Supplied image: Spar YES4Youth learnership programme participants

Key to unemployment crisis lies in supply chain development

18 Jul 2023

Upskilling youth with practical skills is essential to fighting unemployment

Upskilling youth with practical skills is essential to fighting unemployment

Melanie Riches 17 Jul 2023

Image source: Tima Miroshnichenko from

TES offers choice and flexibility to job seekers

Quintus Sliep 12 Jul 2023

Labour dept hosts career expo for Eastern Cape youth

27 Jun 2023

Matheko Waleng Principal at Signium Africa

Youth, remain resilient in the face of a tough job market

22 Jun 2023

Snapshot of the youth jobseeker segment

Snapshot of the youth jobseeker segment

Pnet 20 Jun 2023

Image supplied. It's all smiles for employees Siyabonga Mali, Felleng Sethoabane, Siphosethu Silinga (Yes), Shuanah Frans, and Benjamin Peter who participated in the Shoprite Group's youth development programmes

Shoprite Group offers unemployed youth employment and careers

13 Jun 2023

Image source: Andriy Popov –

Public Employment Service launches mobile bus to assist job seekers

9 Jun 2023

Mondelez International and Top Employers’ Institute discussion panel (L-R): Bunny Majaja, Sandra Botha, Njabulo Mashingo, Cebile Xulu and Keshnie Martin

#AfricaMonth: Has Africa got talent?

Shan Radcliffe 31 May 2023

Social grant recipients stand in a queue outside a post office, as joblessness takes its toll in Meadowlands, a suburb of Soweto, South Africa, 24 February 2022. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Unemployment rate rises amid power crisis

Kopano Gumbi and Bhargav Acharya 16 May 2023

Image source: Getty Images

3 in-demand digital jobs and the skills needed to get them

15 May 2023

SAVC calls for vets to be put back on critical skills list

SAVC calls for vets to be put back on critical skills list

12 May 2023

Christel House SA students get real-world interview experience

Christel House SA students get real-world interview experience

4 Apr 2023

Christel House SA launches initiative to support unemployed youth

Christel House SA launches initiative to support unemployed youth

24 Mar 2023

Image source: Andriy Popov –

Productivity faces decline as young workers threaten to 'act their wage'

16 Mar 2023

Reasons why a TVET college may be for you

Reasons why a TVET college may be for you

8 Mar 2023

Social grant recipients stand in a queue outside a post office, as joblessness takes its toll in Meadowlands, a suburb of Soweto, South Africa, 24 February 2022. Reuters / Siphiwe Sibeko

Unemployment drops again after year of job gains

Promit Mukherjee 28 Feb 2023

Image source: © adiruch –

Call to remove work experience requirement for entry-level jobs

10 Feb 2023

Image source: RF._.studio from

Employment Tax Incentive expanded

10 Feb 2023

3 ways that SMEs can attract and retain Gen Y and Gen Z female talent

3 ways that SMEs can attract and retain Gen Y and Gen Z female talent

Pnet 7 Feb 2023

Image source: Katerina Holmes from

Phase IV of the Basic Education Employment Initiative commences

3 Feb 2023

How SMEs can attract the best of SA's youth using online recruitment platforms

How SMEs can attract the best of SA's youth using online recruitment platforms

Pnet 3 Feb 2023

How to stand out from other Gen Y and Gen Z candidates in a crowded job market

How to stand out from other Gen Y and Gen Z candidates in a crowded job market

CareerJunction 1 Feb 2023

#BizTrends2023: The road to ESG - how SA can use 'social impact' to make environmental progress

#BizTrends2023: The road to ESG - how SA can use 'social impact' to make environmental progress

Ravi Naidoo 9 Jan 2023

#BestofBiz 2022: HR & Management

#BestofBiz 2022: HR & Management

12 Dec 2022

Image: Supplied

Five steps to a successful internship

Anne-Marie Pretorius 6 Dec 2022

Avesh Singh, vice president of global operations at TransUnion

Are virtual BPO operations the answer to SA's unemployment crisis?

Avesh Singh 6 Dec 2022

Participants in the recent Lewis learnership

How disability learnerships can help combat unemployment

Jackie Carroll 29 Nov 2022

Job seekers wait beside a road for casual work offered by passing motorists in Eikenhof, south of Johannesburg, South Africa, 3 March 2022. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Unemployment rate dips in Q3

Kopano Gumbi 29 Nov 2022

Forge Academy & Labs urges youth to apply to paid 5G learnership programme

Forge Academy & Labs urges youth to apply to paid 5G learnership programme

22 Nov 2022

Siphelele Chirwa, Activate CEO

Key to youth employment lies in entrepreneurship

Baby Obuhle Sihu 31 Oct 2022

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Nigeria's education for entrepreneurs needs to keep it real, not just in the classroom

Bukola Amao-Taiwo 31 Oct 2022

Njongo Sidloyi, intern at Razor PR

Dear graduate... Advice from an intern

Njongo Sidloyi 25 Oct 2022

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