- 2026 UASA South African Employment Report4.86 MB
The UASA Employment Report 2026 highlights a South African labour market undergoing significant structural transformation within a constrained economic environment. Weak economic growth, infrastructure bottlenecks, elevated unemployment and subdued labour absorption continue to limit the economy’s ability to generate sufficient formal employment opportunities.
At the same time, the report finds that substantially more South Africans may be participating in productive economic activity than official employment statistics suggest. A growing share of labour market participation increasingly occurs through informal, casual, self-employed, subsistence and other non-standard forms of work.
The report combines macroeconomic analysis, labour market trends and findings from the UASA/BMR Employment Index to assess the evolving nature of work within the South African economy.
Report by the Bureau of Market Research
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