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Youth unemployment in particular remains very high. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
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South Africa’s unemployment rate marks another retreat

But jobless levels are still above those prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, which saw 2.2 million people lose employment

  • Sarah Smit
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Harsh conditions: Unemployed men play a game of cards while waiting for temporary work. South Africa’s unemployment rate has yet again hit a record high, climbing to 34.4% of the labour force in the second quarter of 2021. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
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Unemployment rate hits record high — again

South Africa added more than half a million workers to its unemployed labour force in the second quarter of 2021

  • Sarah Smit
2 min read