Marking what could be confirmation that South Africa’s jobs crisis has started to wane after the pandemic’s onslaught, the country’s unemployment rate has retreated for the second consecutive quarter.
Data released by Statistics South Africa this week shows the unemployment rate fell to 33.9%, bucking expectations that the jobless level would tick up amid the second-quarter economic headwinds.
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Sarah Smit
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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