Loyiso Langeni
02 August 2013
The National Employers’ Association
of South Africa has joined many organisations in expressing its concerns
regarding the latest unemployment figures.
The figures show that almost 37
percent of the country’s workforce is now without a job.
On the other hand Nersa has welcomed
the fact that Statistics South Africa’s recognized the impact of the number
of discouraged workers which totals a further 11.2%.
Nersa Spokesperson Sya van der Walt
said around 25 000 jobs were lost in the Agricultural sector during April and
June this year due to minimum wage strikes that took place in farms in the
Western Cape earlier this year.
Van der Walt added that Nersa is
adamant that extremely innovative measures are needed to address
inequalities and poverty.
“The
starting point is the eradication of poverty through high levels of
unemployment,” Van der Walt added.
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