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Unemployment, Poverty and Inequality – the numbers change but the ‘official’ stats don’t - why? - The Home Of Great South African News

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Capitec CEO Gerrit Fourie argues SA’s jobless rate is as low as 10% and not 32,9% as stated by Stats SA – is he right? Dineo Faku of the ST reports that many don’t think so. Stats SA argues their quarterly labour force survey includes the self-employed.  Peter Bruce warns that ‘you ignore the gut of Fourie at your peril, with 24 million customers he knows a lot more that Stats SA does’. Clearly few have read the work of GG Alcock ‘Kasinomics Rev…
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The Home Of Great South African News broke the news in on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.
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