Hair and beauty courses help refugees and migrants
The Jesuit Refugee Service’s skills programme uplifts refugees, migrants and South African women by teaching them business skills and offering beauty and hairdressing courses.
Unemployment
The cost of looking for a job
While Stats SA has released a fourth-quarter survey that contains discouraging unemployment figures, a study shows that it costs almost R1 000 a month to search for work.
Trio blends creativity with social upliftment
Three creatives from Mthatha mix music and fashion to inspire and motivate Eastern Cape youth to overcome hardship, escape mental enslavement and move towards freer thinking.
A decent standard of living for all
According to a recent colloquium on disrupting poverty, a decent standard of life is not only about earning the national minimum wage but also rests on service delivery and social networks.
The shock of sudden retrenchment
A company closing, its employees let go by ‘the bearer of bad news’. Sucker punched, one man has yet to tell his mother.
Graduates and their unemployment dilemma
South African university graduates are willing to take menial jobs because of the dearth of suitable employment despite being highly educated.
Unemployment in South Africa is worse than you think
The unemployment figures in Statistics South Africa’s latest quarterly report are shocking, but 3.5 million people are missing from the official count.