“The direct effect of persistent youth unemployment is persistently high levels of crime, despondency,” said Bonga Makhanya, ...

South Africa is well-positioned to confront significant longstanding challenges that have been holding the economy back: ...

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah tells BBC she understands pressure she faces as Africa's second directly elected female leader ...

In a corner of his mother’s backyard, 30-year-old Thabang Moshoke runs a clipper through a client's hair at a makeshift ...

This gap between South Africa’s tertiary enrolment rate and that of comparative countries has increased since the 1990s.” Wills emphasised that addressing youth unemployment requires a multi ...

Namibia's first female President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah was sworn in on Friday, March 21, 2025, to lead a country facing high ...

South Africa has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world. The official rate is 32%, rising to 42% when discouraged job seekers are included. Among young people aged 15 to 24 ...

Many years ago, murders were committed in simpler ways, such as in moments of anger using a knife or firearm. Other methods included poisoning or strangulation. Murders also occur at social gatherings ...

While national tax policy is based on the premise that a revenue service can continue to collect more revenue on the basis of growth in an economy, growth has been elusive for South Africa's economy, ...

To get a glimpse of regional variations in employment, Stacker compiled a list of counties with the highest unemployment rates South Carolina, using BLS data. Counties are ranked by their ...

South Africa’s high crime rate and distrust in the police have fueled growth in private security, but this has also allowed mafia-style militias to bully and extort citizens. The latest Real ...

VAT increases have a disproportionate impact on workers and the poor, more so on the bottom 40 per cent of society in income ...