Pnet, South Africa’s online recruitment platform, has released its Job Market Trends Report for December 2025, including the Pnet Job Guide for the year ahead.

Some jobs are drowning in applicants, others are almost impossible to fill, knowing where the demand is could make all the ...

The 11-million jobs target is set in the National Development Plan (NDP), South Africa’s blueprint economic document, which not only details the country’s problems, but also proposes solutions, such ...

In a nation with soaring unemployment, the narratives surrounding employment and pensions are not just misleading—they're dangerously simplistic. Are we prepared to confront the uncomfortable truths ...

The latest Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES) for September 2025 revealed a modest increase in total employment, rising by 29,000 jobs, or 0.3%, from June 2025, bringing the total number employed ...

Imraan Valodia receives funding from a number of South African and international foundations that support academic and policy research. Everyone agrees that solving the unemployment problem in South ...

Mapi Gloricien lies in his mother’s arms in a hospital in Kinshasa, among the fastest-growing cities on Earth. Just days old, he’s one of an estimated 4.5 million children expected to be born in the ...

The Department of Employment and Labour has invited public comment on a proposal to classify performers in South Africa's ...

In 2026, success in the job market will depend not only on demand, but on how effectively candidates position themselves ...