AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoRetail Jobs: Pick n Pay has dropped proposed cuts affecting 22,000 workers after reaching a deal with SACCAWU. Youth Hiring: President Cyril Ramaphosa urged employers to stop treating inexperience as inability, as South Africa’s unemployment crisis deepens. Recruitment Pressure: SAPS received 156,000 registrations in one day for 5,500 positions, while qualified doctors remain jobless as KwaZulu-Natal hospitals face staff shortages. Skills and Work: Nairobi summits will focus on linking training to jobs and closing East Africa’s skills gaps; in Nigeria, an ITF-NECA project has trained 87,000 people in AI. Workplace Accountability: The ANC has ordered Gwede Mantashe to apologise for his “sex-for-jobs” remarks, as gender groups press for action. Decent Work: A think tank says Africa’s job market is failing to provide young people with decent work.
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