S/Africa’s unemployment rate hits a record 34.9 percent – Agency

The number of South Africans who are unemployed rose by 2.2 percentage points in the third quarter of 2021, Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) said on Tuesday.According to the agency’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the period July-September 2021, the number of employed people declined by 660,000 to 14.3 million. It said “the unemployment rate, … Continue reading S/Africa’s unemployment rate hits a record 34.9 percent – Agency