Tuesday, 10 November 2026

Unemployment edged up to 33.7% in the third quarter, with employment rising by 101,000 to 16.8 million but unemployment also rising by 97,000 to 8.6 million.

Stats SA says 35.7% of South Africans aged 15 to 24 are not working, studying or in training, about 3.7 million young people disconnected from jobs and skills development.

A judge is accused of racially abusing an Eastern Cape High Court clerk, who told a judicial conduct tribunal in Sandton the verbal attack left him hospitalised with major depressive disorder.

SAHPRA's halt on new Section 21 approvals for medical cannabis has left patients, including children with drug-resistant epilepsy, unable to legally access medication they previously relied on.

Public office bearers will get salary increases of up to 4%, backdated to April, after the president approved Remuneration Commission recommendations of 3.5% for ministers and MPs.