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Defusing the joblessness timebomb
The expanded (unofficial) unemployment rate is a lot higher.
21 November 2025
The expanded (unofficial) unemployment rate is a lot higher.
The national minimum wage and rigid hiring and dismissal rules have become weapons of exclusion.
Exempt the unemployed from the cause of their unemployment: labour laws.
And it will only prosper when individuals are free to determine their own economic futures.
Other labour laws deepen the exclusion.
It has a very easy route to very fast progress – burn the edifice of labour laws keeping people out of work.
The Job Seekers Exemption Certificate is the simplest, most practical, and least costly means of enabling millions of unemployed South Africans to find work.
The youth unemployment crisis in South Africa has been with us for decades.
This article was first published by BizNews on 29 January 2025 The National Minimum Wage doesn’t benefit the unemployed. And as over 32.1% of South Africans remain
The JSEC would allow job seekers to exempt themselves from certain labour regulations, including the minimum wage.