About
CI
Career Indaba® is a non-profit employment, demand-led skills and labour market network advancing equitable access to sector-aligned pathways, powered by digital-first media.
We bring together stakeholders across the ecosystem to reduce labour market fragmentation and expand inclusive economic participation.
S.A unemployment
rate
Released 17th February 2026. The unemployment rate decreased from 32.9% in Q3 to 31.4% in Q4, driven by a contraction in the labour force (–128 000 people) and a modest increase in employment (+44 000 people), which resulted in a decline in the number of unemployed persons (–172 000 people).
Quarterly Labour Force Survey, Quarter 3: 2025
The expanded unemployment rate (which includes discouraged work-seekers) also declined slightly from 42.6% in Q3 to 42.1% in Q4. Despite this improvement, the number of discouraged work-seekers increased by approximately 233 000, highlighting persistent labour market vulnerability and elevated levels of underutilisation.
The Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) is a household-based sample survey conducted by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA). It collects data on the labour market activities of individuals aged 15 years and older who live in South Africa. However, this report only covers labour market activities of persons aged 15–64 years.
Voice of Africa's Labour Market
Career Indaba®
Radio Channel
Career Indaba® Radio Channel is Africa’s digital-first employment and labour market broadcast platform, expanding real-time public access to on-air employment opportunities, sector insights, youth-focused programming and SME marketplace visibility.
CI Breakfast Show is Africa’s first live morning radio program dedicated to real-time job updates from the job market, job headhunting insights, and labour market trends. Hosted by seasoned broadcasters with a pulse on the economy, this is where listeners tune in for jobs on-air, employment news, live interviews with hiring managers and recruiters and labour market experts to help navigate employment and opportunity across the continent. Are you in the job market?
Career Talk! is an On-Air career development and coaching designed to empower individuals to navigate the evolving world of work with clarity, confidence, and purpose. The ultimate career workshop on the airwaves, offering actionable tools to empower employees, professionals, and job seekers and alike to stay competitive and achieve their career goals. Interview Guests: HR Experts, Career & Leadership Coaches, Remuneration & Benefits Experts, Labour Experts, Talent, Labour Policy Experts, Corporate Wellness Experts, and more.
Youth Plug! is dedicated to amplify youth voices, spotlight real solutions that will unlock the power of the youth economy. Driving youth participation across education, employment, entrepreneurship, leadership, and innovation. Moving young people from the margins into the mainstream of economic growth.
SME Drive is the radio show that champions the engine room of Africa’s economy and your daily plug into Africa’s small business economy. This is a dynamic and inclusive radio show dedicated to entrepreneurs, township innovators, informal sector leaders, and grassroots hustlers. The show covers access to markets, funding, business coaching, industrialization, township and rural economies, and enterprise development programs that shape real economic impact. With a blend of expert interviews, funding alerts, community voice notes, and real stories from the front lines of entrepreneurship. SME Drive is where big ideas meet practical action. Your daily plug into Africa’s small business economy. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form. NAME * FirstLast EMAIL *CONTACT NUMBER *PARTNER WITH US *SponsorshipPartnershipDonationMESSAGE SUBMIT
CI Business is an evening show dedicated to economic development, labour market insights, and industry transformation. The show dives deep into Africa’s economic heartbeat unpacking what it really takes to create jobs, grow sectors, and drive inclusive development. This is where Africa’s economic and business story is told without filters, raw, insightful, and forward-looking from digital transformation and labour market shifts to corporate innovation and economic policy. It is where boardroom strategy meets shop floor reality, connecting people, policy, and productivity through powerful conversations. Interview Guests: Economists, Labour Law Experts, Industry, Policy Makers, Organised Labour. Insightful, Professional, Global Thinker
Work Without Borders is CI Radio’s dedicated show exploring how technology, innovation, and global trends are reshaping where, how, and why we work, from remote jobs and side hustles to online business and AI-powered platforms, the show demystifies the digital economy and helping listeners connect, adapt, and thrive in the future of work. Access job leads focused on remote work, digital platforms, freelance economies, and flexible career paths across Africa and beyond.
Career Indaba®
IMPACT GATHERINGS
Career Indaba® Impact Gatherings are structured national employment and demand-led skills activation platforms designed to reduce labour market fragmentation and strengthen sector-aligned workforce pathways.
Career Indaba® is convening the annual national employment and demand-led sector skills indaba designed to advance equitable access to employment, strengthen inclusive participation in economy growth and address labour market fragmentation.
Career Indaba® Magazine is Africa’s digital-first Career Intelligence and Career Archive publication across sectors, designed to expand access to evolving labour market pathways while preserving career legacy journeys.
Career Indaba® Times is a dynamic employment-focused newspaper delivering timely, sector-specific labour market insights and opportunity visibility for job seekers and workforce participants.
Career Indaba® Studios is the production and labour market intelligence documenting high-quality media production to track Africa’s evolving employment ecosystem.
