Minister of Small Business Development Stella Ndabeni

South Africa To Extend Mass Training For Unemployed Citizens

Unemployment is one of South Africa’s biggest tragedies. Statistics South Africa’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the first quarter of 2023 has painted a grim picture of the youth unemployment rate in the country, which increased by 1.1 percent to 46,5 percent this year. The writer says the spectre of youth unemployment in South Africa is a reminder that the liberation struggle has not yet fulfilled the Freedom Charter’s promises.

South Africa’s Department of Employment and Labour will extend the Unemployment Insurance Fund’s (UIF) Labour Activation Programme (LAP), set up to train those without permanent jobs, to several provinces. According to Thulas Nxesi, South Africa is in the middle of an ever-changing technological era and this requires adaptation. As such, he said, there was a… Continue reading South Africa To Extend Mass Training For Unemployed Citizens

Condolences Flood In For Late ANC MP Violet Siwela

Messages of sympathy have been flooding in following the death of ANC MP Violet Siwela, who died in the early hours of Wednesday, January 19, 2024, at the age of 67. Siwela has steadily climbed the ranks of the governing party, establishing a solid support base in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, where she served as a ward… Continue reading Condolences Flood In For Late ANC MP Violet Siwela

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