South Africa’s unemployment rate climbed to a new high of 30,1% during the first quarter of this year – due to the damaging effects of Corona on the economy.
That said, Blade Nzimande has released a list of jobs that are in high demand now and that will be increasing in demand as of 2021 for both the private and public sector.
We have extracted a few of the in-demand jobs subdivided by industry – if you want to view the full list, you can do so here.
Jobs that are in high demand
- Chief Information Officer
- ICT Project Manager
- Data Management Manager
- Application Development Manager
- Information Technology Manager
- Information Systems Director
- Multimedia Designer
- Web Designer
- ICT Systems Analyst
- Data Scientist
- Software Developer
- Database Designer and Administrator
- Network Engineer
- ICT Security Specialist
- Geographic Information Systems Technician
- Data Entry Operator
- Agriculture consultant
- Agricultural scientist
- Wine Maker
- Food and beverage scientist
- Agricultural Engineer
- Agricultural Engineering Technologist
- General medical practitioner
- Registered Nurse
- Pharmacist
- Life Science Technician
Care
- Child Care Worker
- Family day care worker
- Nanny
- Residential care officer
- Carer for the Aged
- Community healthcare worker
Emergency Worker
- Fire Fighter
- Hazardous Materials Removal Worker
- Diver
Farming
- Horticultural farmer
- Mixed crop and livestock farmer
- Tree feller
- Crop Produce Analyst
- Tobacco Grader
- Cotton Grader
- Wool Classer
