South Africa's unemployment rate, already the highest in the world, rose to 32.1% in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to official government figures released on Tuesday.

South Africa’s official unemployment rate of 33% is the highest in the world, and economists say it’s even higher at 42% if you count those who have given up looking for work and have dropped ...

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The continued youth unemployment in South Africa is becoming a crisis and the government has not been adequately proactive in ...

The unemployment rate advanced to 33.5% in the three months through June compared with 32.9% in the previous quarter, data released by Statistics South Africa in the capital, Pretoria showed on ...

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South Africa's official unemployment rate dropped marginally in the second quarter to 32.6% , its lowest level since the first quarter of 2021, data showed on Tuesday.

PRETORIA (Reuters) -South Africa's official unemployment rate fell slightly in the fourth quarter of last year, helped by job gains in the finance and manufacturing sectors. The second quarterly ...

PRETORIA (Reuters) -South Africa's official unemployment rate rose for the third quarter in a row, reaching 33.5% in April-June of this year, data from the statistics agency showed on Tuesday.

But unemployment has cast its shadow on the future of millions of South Africa’s Black majority in 2023. Sengoatsi didn’t live through apartheid, but he knows bringing it down promised something.

South Africa's official unemployment rate of 33% is the highest in the world, outstripping those of Gaza and the West Bank, Djibouti and Kosovo.

But unemployment has cast its shadow on the future of millions of South Africa’s Black majority in 2023. Sengoatsi didn't live through apartheid, but he knows bringing it down promised something.