Yesterday, Stats SA released its Quarterly Labour Force Survey showing the country's official unemployment rate rose to 32.9% in the first quarter of 2025, up 1 percentage point from the previous quarter. We heard from the youth and labour unions on this so today, we invited an economist to weigh in on the numbers. I am now joined on the line by…

GUEST: Xhanti Payi, Senior Economist at PWC

Yesterday, Stats SA released its Quarterly Labour Force Survey showing the country's official unemployment rate rose to 32.9% in the first quarter of 2025, up 1 percentage point from the previous quarter. We heard from the youth and labour unions on this so today, we invited an economist to weigh in on the numbers. I am now joined on the line by&hellip;
GUEST: Xhanti Payi, Senior Economist at PWC

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Yesterday, Stats SA released its Quarterly Labour Force Survey showing the country's official unemployment rate rose to 32.9% in the first quarter of 2025, up 1 percentage point from the previous quarter.

 

Mojtaba Khamenei has been elected as Iran’s new Supreme Leader. Mojtaba’s father, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, was killed on the first day of the war that started more than a week ago. According to Iranian media, Mojtaba once served in the military for several short periods during the Iran-Iraq war. For more on this, we are joined by…..

GUEST: Thembisa Fakude, Senior Research Fellow for Africa Asia Dialogues (Afrasid)

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Mojtaba Khamenei has been elected as Iran&rsquo;s new Supreme Leader. Mojtaba&rsquo;s father, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, was killed on the first day of the war that started more than a week ago. According to Iranian media, Mojtaba once served in the military for several short periods during the Iran-Iraq war. For more on this, we are joined by&hellip;..
GUEST: Thembisa Fakude, Senior Research Fellow for Africa Asia Dialogues (Afrasid)

Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s new Supreme Leader?

 

Following recent, fatal building collapses in South Africa. We hear from the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) as they intend to host their Inaugural Biennial Engineering symposium this month. We understand that this time around the symposium will focus more on public safety, infrastructure resilience, accountability and the future of engineering in South Africa. For more on this, we are joined by….

GUEST: Tabisa Mtati, Acting CEO of ECSA (Engineering Council of South Africa)

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Following recent, fatal building collapses in South Africa. We hear from the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) as they intend to host their Inaugural Biennial Engineering symposium this month. We understand that this time around the symposium will focus more on public safety, infrastructure resilience, accountability and the future of engineering in South Africa. For more on this, we are joined by&hellip;.
GUEST: Tabisa Mtati, Acting CEO of ECSA (Engineering Council of South Africa)

Engineering symposium

As South Africa’s labour market remains under severe strain, with structural unemployment continuing to limit economic participation. We hear from Yershen Pillay post CHIETA’s launch of “One Graduate, One Placement” campaign that is aimed at tackling rising graduate unemployment rate.

GUEST: Yershan Pillay, CEO of the Chemical Industries Education and Training Authority (CHIETA)

As South Africa&rsquo;s labour market remains under severe strain, with structural unemployment continuing to limit economic participation. We hear from Yershen Pillay post CHIETA&rsquo;s launch of &ldquo;One Graduate, One Placement&rdquo; campaign that is aimed at tackling rising graduate unemployment rate.
GUEST: Yershan Pillay, CEO of the Chemical Industries Education and Training Authority (CHIETA)

Yesterday, Stats SA released its Quarterly Labour Force Survey showing the country's official unemployment rate rose to 32.9% in the first quarter of 2025, up 1 percentage point from the previous quarter.

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