Jobs and the Economy

Unemployment has reached record levels. By creating an environment that supports small business growth, in all communities, we can create jobs, lift people out of poverty and revive South Africa’s small towns and cities.

By the numbers

Stats courtesy of the Bureau for Economic Research and StatsSA.

Jobs and the Economy news

8 April 2022 • Editorial

Failure is no option as 100-day “social compact” deadline approaches

President Cyril Ramaphosa is running out of time to deliver his promised new “social compact” for South Africa.

7 September 2021 • Editorial

There are 510,000 reasons for hope – if we act now

The record-breaking rate of new company registrations over the last year can either be seen as a clarion call for help or the start of a significant post-pandemic recovery which could truly change South Africa’s economic roadmap.

30 August 2021 • Press release

Siyabuya appoints high-powered expert panel

The Siyabuya movement has appointed a high-powered advisory panel of experts who will help guide the development and rollout of campaigns to help South Africa recover from the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

17 August 2021 • Editorial

Let’s continue to show our resilience and help rebuild SA

The crisis of looting, rioting and death, which threatened to destroy us only weeks ago, now holds the promise of following another path down which lies hope and the opportunity to be better than we were before.

30 July 2021 • Press release

Siyabuya calls on employers to ‘”give the jab”

South African employers should follow the example of Distell and arrange to “give the jab” by vaccinating employees at their work sites against the Covid-19 virus.

27 July 2021 • Press release

Siyabuya welcomes job creation and income support measures

Cape Town taxi wars are preventing vaccinations against the Covid-19 virus just as infections are rising in the Western Cape.

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