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Slow implementation spurs frustration over South Africa’s jobs crisis

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JerryAugust 17, 2022

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Unemployment epidemic: These men, gathered together to wait for the possibility of a piece job, are some of the 34.9% of South Africans who are without work, the highest figure among 82 countries monitored by business news agency Bloomberg. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

The government and other stakeholders must demonstrate that they are moving quickly to arrest South Africa’s unemployment crisis, says Rudi Dicks, who heads up the presidency’s project management office.

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Sarah Smit is a general news reporter at the Mail & Guardian. She covers topics relating to labour, corruption and the law.

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