ActionSA wants three economic Ministers fired over Q1 job losses
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ActionSA calls for the dismissal of three economic Ministers following significant job losses and low GDP growth in South Africa.
ActionSA wants three economic Ministers fired over Q1 job losses ActionSA has intensified its pressure on the Government of National Unity (GNU) to immediately fire three key economic Ministers following the latest GDP and employment data released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) on Tuesday. ActionSA called the statistics a "devastating double blow" of "microscopic" economic growth and "massive" job losses for the first quarter of 2026. According to Stats SA, South Africa's economy expanded by 0.5% in the first quarter of 2026, slightly up from the 0.4% recorded in the final quarter of 2025. But the country shed 345 000 jobs during the same three-month period. As a result, ActionSA wants the Ministers of Employment and Labour; Trade, Industry and Competition; and Small Business Development on the chopping block. ActionSA MP Alan Beesley says the figures prove that the GNU is failing to address South Africa's crises of economic stagnation and growing unemployment. "These figures should surprise nobody. South Africa remains trapped in a cycle of low growth, declining investment, and persistently high unemployment because government lacks both urgency and a credible plan to…
Topics covered
- economic policy
- job losses
- government accountability
- GDP growth
- employment statistics
Keywords
- ActionSA
- economic Ministers
- job losses
- GDP
- South Africa
- employment data
- Alan Beesley
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: ActionSA, Government of National Unity, Statistics South Africa
Places: South Africa
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