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SA’s unemployment rate edges up to 32.9%

Jobs were lost in the formal sector, as well as in trade, construction and private households

  • Aarti Bhana
1 min read
There are signs that the treasury plans to exclude some recipients from the grants system through a new identity verification process. (File photo)

Withdrawing SRD grant could save R36bn, but economists say it is here to stay

The grant budget is to be cut by R20 billion but it is unclear how the numbers will add up

  • Des Erasmus
5 min read