ECONOMY
Jobs data show a bounce in late 2020
However, increased hunger is a point of concern and a survey indicates a large chunk of South Africans are only sometimes employed
17 February 2021 - 15:07
There was a strong bounce-back in employment with the easing of the lockdown in the last quarter of 2020, with 2.1-million people finding work again after the loss of 2.8-million jobs recorded in July.
This is the finding of the Nids-Cram survey, a social survey of the effect of the pandemic and the lockdown on a sample of about 6,000 individuals, conducted by 30 academics at several universities...
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