SA joblessness continues its relentless climb
Official unemployment rate increases to 32.9%
13 May 2025 - 12:21
UPDATED 13 May 2025 - 23:14
Never in his seven-and-a-half years as statistician-general has Risenga Maluleke seen the number of young people not in employment, education or training reach 3.8-million, he told journalists on Tuesday, as Stats SA released its quarterly labour force survey in Pretoria.
“It has always been about 3.2-million, 3.3-million, and it started reaching 3.5-million. We are now sitting at 3.8-million,” Maluleke said...
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