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Thursday 23 May

Begging on the side of the road in South Africa

Article: Grim global outlook for jobless youngsters

Article: Grim global outlook for jobless youngsters

Some 75 million young men and women around the world are jobless. That’s 40...

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South African Sifiso Dlamini, 24, founder and owner of Eish Hade company, sits at his factory in Johannesburg in June 2012. Dlamini turned his passion for sneakers into a small business, but like many South African entrepreneurs, he's battling to find financing to expand.

Bulletin: Sneaker start-up shows perils of S. African small business

Bulletin: Sneaker start-up shows perils of S. African small business

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Unemployed Tunisians protest against unemployment and precariousness in Tunis. Two young unemployed Tunisians attempted suicide on Monday outside the jobs ministry as hundreds of unemployed people marched on a main street in the capital demanding government action.

Bulletin: Two attempt suicide in Tunisia jobless protest

Bulletin: Two attempt suicide in Tunisia jobless protest

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South Africa's first high-speed train takes a test run from Parkstation in Johannesburg last June. South Africa's state-owned logistics company Transnet on Tuesday announced plans to create 588,000 jobs in its seven-year, $37.8 bn expansion programme.

Bulletin: Transnet to create nearly 600,000 jobs in S.Africa

Bulletin: Transnet to create nearly 600,000 jobs in S.Africa

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Some 2000 people demonstrate on October 27 in a square in downtown Johannesburg to demand jobs, in a protest organised by the militant youth wing of the ruling African National Congress (ANC). The marchers ended the rally by handing a petition to government officials calling for land takeover without compensation.

Bulletin: S. Africa's jobless youth march a success: Malema

Bulletin: S. Africa's jobless youth march a success: Malema

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Labourers work on the World Cup stadium in Durban, South Africa, in 2008. South Africa on Tuesday launched a nine billion rand ($1.3-billion, 911-million-euro) fund that aims to create 150,000 jobs in three years to fight the country's 25 percent unemployment rate

Bulletin: S. Africa launches job fund to fight 25% unemployment

Bulletin: S. Africa launches job fund to fight 25% unemployment

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Steam billows from Kempton Park Power Station in Johannesburg last month. South Africa will invest 25 billion rand ($3.7 billion, 2.6 billion euros) to support a plan to ramp up renewable energy and the green economy, the economic development minister has announced.

Bulletin: S.Africa to invest $3.7 bln in green energy

Bulletin: S.Africa to invest $3.7 bln in green energy

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An aerial view of Cape Town. South Africa's economy is set to grow 3.4% in 2011 but the African heavyweight must double this to fight a jobs crisis that affects three in five workers, finance minister Pravin Gordhan has said.

Bulletin: S.Africa 'set for 3.4% growth'

Bulletin: S.Africa 'set for 3.4% growth'

South Africa's economy is set to grow 3.4 percent in 2011 but the African heavyweight must...

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Riot police in South African Township

Article: Police open fire in third day of South African protest

Article: Police open fire in third day of South African protest

In a third day of demonstrations in Wesselton township to demand jobs, South...

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A man counts a big stack of Zimbabwean dollars to buy some bananas in Harare in 2008. Zimbabwe's central bank laid off three quarters of its staff Friday as it streamlined operations to focus on its core business, the bank announced.

Bulletin: Zimbabwe central bank cuts 75% of staff

Bulletin: Zimbabwe central bank cuts 75% of staff

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