Employment

South Africa’s Construction Industry Could Become Safer. Here’s How

Construction is tough, sometimes dangerous work. Globally, the construction industry accounts for about 7% of employment. But it’s responsible for between 30% and 40% of all work-related fatalities. The figure is at its highest in develo...

Patrick Nwabueze Okonkwo·over 4 years ago

Department of Employment and Labour’s National Labour Migration Policy aims to provide a national regulatory framework in l

The main objective of the National Labour Migration Policy (NLMP) will be to ensure that labour migration to and from South Africa is undertaken in the interests of both migrant workers and the South African economy

Department of Employment and Labour ·over 1 year ago

Job creation in South Africa: the president’s advisors discuss what it will take

At the end of 2021, South Africa recorded its highest unemployment rate since the dawn of democracy, at 35.3%. The figure has marginally dropped but there is still concern about how the country will tackle this issue

Dorrit Posel - Professor in the school of Economics and Finance, University of Witwatersrand·over 1 year ago