SA’s unemployment rate jumped to an 11-year high of 29% in the second quarter of the year, which is likely to make it harder for President Cyril Ramaphosa to fulfill his promise of creating a quarter of a million jobs a year.
Reducing the unemployment rate and putting the economy on a robust growth path are at the top the list in Ramaphosa’s reform drive. But there are growing concerns that he might not be able to push through structural changes to address racial disparities in income, housing and other services as some influential leaders within the ANC appear to be opposed to his agenda...
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