Economic

08/18/2026

Nearly half of SA youth not in work or training as NEET hits 45%

If you are between 15 and 34 and you are not currently working, studying, or in any form of training, the latest Stats SA data says you are not an outlier. According to figures from Statistics South Africa covering the second quarter of 2026, 45% ...

08/18/2026

7 min

SA film industry sheds thousands of jobs as funding backlog bites

An administrative freeze at South Africa's Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) has quietly gutted the country's film and television workforce, costing an estimated 1,850 jobs and R822-million in lost production spending in a ...

08/14/2026

7 min

SA unemployment climbs to 33.6% as 345,000 more lose work

South Africa shed 41,000 formal-sector jobs between April and June 2026, while 329,000 additional people entered the labour force over the same period. That widening gap between labour supply and quality job creation is the structural reality ...

08/12/2026

5 min

SA state CEO earns 93x lowest workers as pay gap widens

At the SA Civil Aviation Authority, the CEO earned an average of R9.7 million in 2024/25, while the 102 workers in the lowest salary band averaged R104,000 a year. That is a 93-to-1 pay ratio inside a single public-sector employer, according to a ...

07/30/2026

6 min

EEA revised code: what South Africa's designated employers must input before 22 September 2026

A 60-day public comment window that opened on 24 July 2026 gives every designated employer in South Africa a narrowing opportunity to shape the standard against which their Employment Equity plans will be judged for years ahead. The Department of ...

07/29/2026

7 min

South Africa's draft EEA Code: what section 15A targets mean for your workplace

A draft Employment Equity Code, gazetted in the week before 26 July 2026 by Employment and Labour Minister Nomakhosazana Meth, is set to reshape how companies with more than 50 staff hire, promote and build their talent pipelines. The code ...

07/28/2026

6 min

BCEA threshold at R269,601: reclassification obligations HR leaders must address now

South Africa's Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997 (BCEA) earnings threshold moved to R269,601 per year on 1 May 2026, a 3% uplift that shifts the compliance boundary for a specific and often-overlooked segment of the workforce. The ...

07/09/2026

6 min

South Africa's NMW floor and the 51% food-basket gap workers face

South Africa's national minimum wage sits at R23.42 an hour under the National Minimum Wage Act 9 of 2018, but a full-time month at that rate does not cover the basics. Once you factor in what it costs to get to work and keep the electricity ...

07/03/2026

7 min

South Africa loses 80,000 formal jobs in Q1 2026

The Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES) release from Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) for Q1 2026 marks a clear reversal of the fragile recovery signal that emerged late in 2025. South Africa's formal, non-agricultural economy shed 80,000 ...

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