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13 May 2013 - Jobs recession looms, trade unions in crisis
South Africa’s employment fell by an annualised rate of 0.2%, with the economy shedding 3 220 jobs in April 2013 according to the latest Index. ...

10 April 2013 - Jobs down while skills crisis continues
A drastic drop in employment last month has again placed the spotlight on the state of South Africa’s skills development programme. ...

11 March 2013 - Static jobs in Feb but labour productivity hits 50 year low
An unchanged employment scenario for the month of February 2013. This static picture for jobs in South Africa, for the second month of the New Year, was attributed to an increase in informal jobs but a decrease in the formal sector....

11 February 2013 - Jobs down and tax evasion up
South African households are failing to declare up to 30% of their incomes to SARS, amidts a drastic fall in employment...

13 December 2012 - 2012 employment review
A review of the past 12 months demonstrates not only a how volatile the numbers have been; it also emphasises the lack of sustainable progress being achieved in the quest for more jobs for more South Africans....

12 November 2012 - Informal sector shows highest growth Employment shows 1% growth
Jobs growth was observed in all sectors, but the informal sector continued to outperform the others, growing at a rate of 2.3%...

10 October 2012 - September numbers up - first time since April
... but mining sector problems will lead to long-term job losses. Employment in South Africa increased in September, having grown at an annualised rate of 1,61%...

10 September 2012 - Jobs recession to further stress SA’s already struggling employment outlook
Most of the August employment losses were in the formal sector, which shed 14 382 jobs. “In particular,” the Employment Index report notes, “permanent employment fell by 7 688 during the month, whereas agency employment increased by 1 083.” ...

13 August 2012 - SA labour productivity at the lowest level in 46 years
Alarmingly, the Adcorp report shows that since 1967 labour productivity has fallen from R7 297 to R4 924 a year, which is a decline of 32,5%. From the 1993 peak, labour productivity has fallen by a steep 41,2%. ...

10 July 2012 - SA employment falls sharply
“Affirmative action premium” indicates black candidates earn above their white counterparts...

10 June 2012 - SA employment numbers nosedive
Employment in South Africa slumped by a steep annualised 3,1% in May, breaking a four month-long pattern of strong employment growth. ...

10 May 2012 - Number of SA jobs grows sharply – for the fourth consecutive month
Employment grew sharply, at an annualised 4.3% in April, representing the creation of 69 780 jobs during the month according to the latest Adcorp Employment Index. ...

10 April 2012 - Employment grows steadily while union membership declines
A total of 108 826 jobs were created in March – a marked acceleration from the 24 000 jobs created in February and 80 000 jobs created in January, leading to the strongest monthly showing of job creation since the 2009 recession...

12 March 2012 - New business start-ups slump to all-time low
The group’s February 2012 Employment Index highlights with alarm the closure of 440 000 small business closures over the past five years....

13 February 2012 - Employment increase in January but economy still seriously short on jobs
The South African economy created 80 000 jobs in January, representing annualised growth of 5% over the previous month...