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Economy

Wealth, inequality, employment, and the cost of living in South Africa.

South Africa Doesn't Have a Skills Crisis. It Has an Access Crisis.

The country keeps being told that people lack skills. But educated, trained South Africans are struggling to find work too, which points to a different problem.

Opinion · 14 Jan 2026 · 4 min read

Data Behind the Headlines

What the Unemployment Number Actually Measures

The gap between the official and expanded unemployment rates is not a contradiction. It is a choice about how to count people who have given up looking. Both numbers are true.

06 Jan 2026 · 3 min read