QLFS: Marginal Employment Uptick Cannot Mask South Africa’s Deepening Labour Market Crisis
Free SA notes the release of Statistics South Africa’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for Q4: 2025. While headline figures reflect a marginal quarter-on-quarter improvement, the broader labour market picture remains bleak, structurally fragile, and deeply concerning. According to the QLFS, employment increased by 44,000 in the fourth quarter of 2025, bringing total employment to […]
Stop BEE — We Will Not Be Silenced
The proposed 2026 amendments to the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Codes represent a continuation — and intensification — of an economic policy framework that has failed to deliver inclusive growth, job creation, or competitiveness for South Africa. Instead of broadening participation in the economy, the proposed framework narrows opportunity, deters entrepreneurship, and weakens South […]