NEVA MAKGETLA: The employment shift since the pandemic — and what to do about it
Job losses disproportionately affected younger workers and less skilled men and women
13 June 2023 - 05:00
In the second quarter of 2020, SA lost more than 2-million jobs. It has now regained most of them. From the first quarter of 2022 to the first quarter of 2023 alone formal employment climbed by 1-million, or 10%.
Still, the economy now has almost 200,000 fewer jobs than before the pandemic. That’s a 1.2% fall in employment in a country where, since the 1980s, joblessness has far exceeded global norms. Moreover, while more educated people have gained opportunities, especially in the public and private services, the less educated have experienced mass job losses. ..
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