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Namibia

Amushelelo Demands Fair Hiring Practices

Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters' People’s General, Saddam Amushelelo, is calling for urgent reforms in the government’s hiring process, particularly in education and healthcare. In a social media posting, Amushelelo condemns the financial and emotional strain on job seekers who travel long distances—often with borrowed money—only to interview for positions already internally filled. Amushelelo advocates for virtual or regional-based interviews to ease costs and improve accessibility. He also highlights the inhumane […]

today13 February, 2025

Business / Economics

Jobs in South Africa: the labour market is recovering from COVID – but unskilled and less educated people are still being left behind

    By Derek Yu, University of the Western Cape   For more than three decades the South African economy has had very high rates of joblessness. The country’s economy has been unable to create enough jobs for its growing army of workers. This has partly been because of the stagnant economic growth rate of only 1.7% during the 2010s (it was even lower at 0.9% in 2015-2019). Another factor […]

today20 February, 2024