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South Africa GDP growth is an 'illusion' benefiting the few
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have dismissed the recent GDP growth figures released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) as "misleading", accusing the government and financial institutions of c...Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 09:17hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
South Africa seeks to boost tourism with new safety measures
South Africa is seeking to boost its tourism revival with the introduction of new measures to improve security, including the Tourism Monitor initiative....Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 13:27hrs | 34 | by Staff Reporter
1 million Zimbabweans return home
MORE than one million Zimbabweans who had left the country returned to settle home permanently during the first half of 2023.This marks a significant surge in returnees, driven mainly by ...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 11:41hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has the most migrants in SA - Census 2022 data
Zimbabwe had the most migrants getting into South Africa, with over one million of its citizens living in the country.This was according to Census 2022 data that was released by Statistics Sou...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 10:12hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Gun crimes haunt Zimbabwe
ON December 6, former detective and lawyer, Joseph Nemaisa, made national news as his exploits in defending his family against armed intruders read like a page off James Kawara's thriller novel, Sajen...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 07:04hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Fresh wave of protests loom in South Africa
SOUTH African authorities fear a new wave of uprisings as networks loyal to jailed former president Jacob Zuma seek to force his freedom.Investigators believe the unrest last week, which kille...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lessons from SA social unrest
THE turmoil in South Africa following the recent jailing of former president Jacob Zuma and subsequent social unrest characterised by rioting and looting for many other reasons - including deprivation...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
South Africa economy shrank by 7% in 2020
The SA economy contracted by 7% during 2020, as expected given the unprecedented impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on economies worldwide.Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) on Tuesday released t...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 09:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Tito Mboweni claim on foreigners not supported by data
IN April 2020 South African Finance minister Tito Mboweni made a startling claim about the number of foreigners working in South Africa's restaurant industry.When he returned from exile in 199...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA-based Zimbabweans edgy over planned anti-foreigner demo
ZIMBABWEAN migrant workers based in South Africa yesterday expressed fears after South Africans circulated videos of a planned demonstration to force their government to kick out foreigners whom they ...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Glamping organisers aim to integrate the region
Travelling in the SADC region has been on the increase, so as innovative ways to boost tourism. According to 'Travel and Tourism Competitiveness' report 2017, the World Economic Forum said Southern Af...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 18:44hrs | | by Agencies
ANC, Zanu-PF brothers in arms
The recent fifth South African national and provincial elections were certified free and fair by the local and foreign observers but they were not without their critics.27 political parties lo...Published: 18 May 2019 at 18:27hrs | | by Daniel Itai
Zimbabwean exiles: Life in the dark valley between starvation and desperate poverty
A fresh wave of reluctant economic exiles from across the Limpopo River now calls South Africa home. And burrowed deep within a five-kilometre radius of one nondescript shopping mall situated in the h...Published: 13 Jul 2017 at 10:50hrs | 1 | by Tafi Mhaka
'Blacks in SA still earn less than whites'
JOHANNESBURG - Black South Africans earned on average only about one-fifth as much as their white counterparts in 2015, according to data published by Statistics South Africa yesterday.Ann...Published: 28 Jan 2017 at 08:32hrs | | by Agencies
How many Zimbabweans live in South Africa?
How many Zimbabwean nationals live in South Africa? Estimates range from one to three million. But as Africa Check discovered, the numbers cannot be substantiated and the data is unreliable.A ...Published: 20 Apr 2015 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Sintha Chiumia
Are foreigners stealing jobs in South Africa?
International migrants are often accused of stealing jobs from locals in South Africa. But new data presents a far more nuanced picture of what it means to be a migrant trying to make a living in the ...Published: 20 Apr 2015 at 07:53hrs | 1 | by Kate Wilkinson
Mugabe warned
Analysts have warned President Robert Mugabe and his misfiring government that Zanu-PF's increasingly violent factional and succession wars will sink Zimbabwe's ailing economy to levels witnessed five...Published: 09 Nov 2014 at 11:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe’s unemployment rate 4%, 60% or 95%? - Why the data is unreliable
Estimates of Zimbabwe's unemployment rate range wildly from 4% to 95%. Why is the data so unreliable? We dissected it.Zimbabwe's unemployment rate "of ...Published: 01 Oct 2014 at 10:47hrs | 1 | by Sintha Chiumia and edited by Anim van Wyk
3 million Zimbabweans in SA?
I trust yours is a blessed Sunday. When one is confronted with stupidity they can respond in two ways: cure the fool or allow it so suffer in ignorance. I'm feeling particularly generous today so let'...Published: 25 May 2014 at 19:30hrs | | by Bishop Lazarus
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