Unemployment rate rose to 30% before Covid-19 crisis hit
Using the expanded definition of unemployed, unemployment rose to 39.7% in the first quarter
23 June 2020 - 11:59
SA’s unemployment rate rose to 30.1% in the first three months of 2020, reaching its highest level on record, even before the advent of the Covid-19 crisis.
The rise in joblessness is up from the 29.1% seen in the fourth quarter of 2019, Stats SA said in the latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) on Tuesday...
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