South Africa’s public service is smaller: it employs about 9% of the labour force, about 10% of the non-agricultural labour force and accounts for about 18% of formal employment. In South Africa, public employment contracted in the 1990s (it was previously equal to 15% of the labour force in 1995), and was stagnant up to 2005 and has since been growing.

South Africa&rsquo;s public service is smaller: it employs about 9% of the labour force, about 10% of the non-agricultural labour force and accounts for about 18% of formal employment. In South Africa, public employment contracted in the 1990s (it was previously equal to 15% of the labour force in 1995), and was stagnant up to 2005 and has since been growing.

POWER Talk is a mid-morning talk show that delves deeper into the news of the day, along with larger societal themes, inviting listeners to help unpack issues on the day’s current affairs agenda and topics close to their hearts. The host also interviews the biggest newsmakers and experts in South Africa, helping listeners make sense of their world.

POWER Talk is a mid-morning talk show that delves deeper into the news of the day, along with larger societal themes, inviting listeners to help unpack issues on the day&rsquo;s current affairs agenda and topics close to their hearts. The host also interviews the biggest newsmakers and experts in South Africa, helping listeners make sense of their world.

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State of Public Service in South Africa

Hubert Kabasu Babu Katulondi Congolese political analyst, writer, and journalist speaks to POWER Talk host Mondli Makhanya, Voters in the Republic of Congo will be heading to the polls in a presidential election this weekend, with the outcome of the vote all but a foregone conclusion as the country’s longtime leader faces little opposition in the political arena.

Hubert Kabasu Babu Katulondi Congolese political analyst, writer, and journalist speaks to POWER Talk host Mondli Makhanya, Voters in the Republic of Congo will be heading to the polls in a presidential election this weekend, with the outcome of the vote all but a foregone conclusion as the country&rsquo;s longtime leader faces little opposition in the political arena.

Mondli Makhanya is in conversation with Sol Plaatje University founder and chairman of Brand Africa and chancellor, Thebe Ikalafeng. 

Lukhanyo Calata, son of Fort Calata, one of the Cradock Four who were murdered in the apartheid era speaks to POWER Talk show host Mondli Makhanya on the TRC Commission. Renewed scrutiny over the unfinished work of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) has intensified amid legal disputes and political tensions linked to the reopening of apartheid-era cases

Lukhanyo Calata, son of Fort Calata, one of the Cradock Four who were murdered in the apartheid era speaks to POWER Talk show host Mondli Makhanya on the TRC Commission. Renewed scrutiny over the unfinished work of South Africa&rsquo;s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) has intensified amid legal disputes and political tensions linked to the reopening of apartheid-era cases

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