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Data released by Statistics South Africa this week shows the unemployment rate fell to 33.9%, bucking expectations that the jobless level would tick up amid the second-quarter economic headwinds. (Dino Lloyd/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
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Women’s job crisis fix found in the public purse

Nearly half of South African women are left out of the country’s labour force — and gender-friendly budgeting could fix that

  • Sarah Smit
7 min read