Izinga lokungabikho kwemisebenzi eMpuma Koloni linyuke laya kwi-42.5% kwikota yesine yonyaka, lisuka kwi-41.2% kwikota yesithathu. Oku kuvezwe yiNgxelo yakutsha nje ye-Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) ekhutshelwe ngu Statistics South Africa.
Olu nyuko lwe-1.3 yeepesenti lubeka iMpuma Koloni phakathi kwamaphondo ajongene nengxaki enzima yokungabikho kwemisebenzi kweli lizwe. Amanani abonisa uxinzelelo oluqhubekayo kwimarike yemisebenzi, nto leyo eshiya amawaka abantu bengakwazi ukufumana amathuba omsebenzi kwiphondo elijongene nobuthathaka kwezoqoqosho.
Iindawo Zasemaphandleni Zichaphazeleka Kakhulu
Amanani amatsha abonisa ukuba ingxaki yokungabikho kwemisebenzi ineengcambu ezinzulu, ngakumbi kwiindawo zasemaphandleni apho amathuba oqoqosho enqongophele kwaye kuxhomekeke kakhulu kurhulumente nakwimisebenzi yesizini. Ulutsha nabasetyhini baqhubeka nokuchaphazeleka kakhulu, bejongene nobunzima bokungena kwimarike yemisebenzi emva kokugqiba izifundo zabo.
Iingcali kwezoqoqosho zithi ukukhula kancinci kwecandelo labucala, ukunqongophala kokwahluka kwamashishini, kunye neengxaki zezibonelelo zophuhliso (infrastructure) zezona zithintelo ziphambili ekudalweni kwemisebenzi emitsha.
Impendulo kaRhulumente
Urhulumente wePhondo leMpuma Koloni uvumile ukuba le ngxaki inzima, kodwa ukhankanye uphuhliso oluhle kwezinye iinkalo zoqoqosho. Kukho ukwanda kwemisebenzi kwezolimo, kumashishini eemoto (automotive manufacturing), nakwiiprojekthi zokwakha nezophuhliso lukarhulumente.
Iinkqubo zikarhulumente zokudala amathuba omsebenzi — kuquka iiprojekthi zokwakha kunye neenkqubo zoluntu — zibonelela ngamathuba emisebenzi okwethutyana, uqeqesho lwezakhono, kunye nenkxaso-mali kumakhaya amaninzi, ngakumbi kulutsha, abasetyhini, kunye noluntu olubuthathaka.
Ingxaki Eqhubekayo
Nangona kukho ezi nzame, ukunyuka kwezinga lokungabikho kwemisebenzi kwikota yesine kubonisa ukuba iinzame zokudala imisebenzi azikahambelani nesantya sabantu abangena kwimarike yemisebenzi.
Kubemi abaninzi beMpuma Koloni, la manani amatsha athetha ukuqhubeka kobunzima bezemali, ukwanda kokuxhomekeka kumalungu ambalwa asebenzayo kumakhaya, kunye nokunyuka kobuthathaka kwezentlalo noqoqosho.
Njengoko iphondo lingena kunyaka omtsha, amehlo ajonge ukuba urhulumente kunye necandelo labucala baza kukwazi na ukuguqula le meko, bakhawulezise ukukhula koqoqosho, kwaye badale amathuba emisebenzi azinzileyo neninzi kubemi bephondo.