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WATCH: Why the president believes joblessness is SA’s biggest problem
Wits University senior lecturer Lumkile Mondi talks to Business Day TV about SA’s unemployment crisis
23 August 2019 - 09:06
SA’s expanded definition of unemployment sits at a record high of 38.5% and is the biggest risk facing the country at the moment, President Cyril Ramaphosa told parliament.
The president was fielding questions about how to tackle the unemployment crisis and boosting growth, highlighting that interventions are in place, with the next investment conference due in November. ..
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