The one reason there won’t be many jobs created in SA.

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Like many South Africans I did a double-take last week when I read the headlines: Thulas Nxesi wants to create two million jobs before the elections in 2024.

It didn’t help that I was sitting in the dark at the time, but the minister of employment and labour’s target did occupy my mind a lot in the coming days.

The state of the nation at the moment is quite dire; a sharply increased cost of living coupled with a sharply lower standard of living. Life in Mzansi is not nice, and no amount of Aromat is going to change that.
19 Jul 2022 4AM English South Africa Business News · Investing

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