Published 08/13/2024 7:25:24 a.m.

Unemployment rate jumps to 33.5%, 8.4 million South Africans now jobless

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South Africa's official unemployment rate increased by 0.6 of a percentage point to 33.5% in the second quarter of 2024, compared to the first quarter.

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Unemployment rate jumps to 33.5%, 8.4 million South Africans now jobless

South Africa's official unemployment rate increased by 0.6 of a percentage point to 33.5% in the second quarter of 2024, compared to the first quarter.

08/13/2024 11:00:32 a.m.·South Africa

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Noticias ao Minuto

Unemployment rate in South Africa exceeds 33% in the second quarter

The unemployment rate reached 33.5% between April and June, 0.6 points more than the previous quarter, according to the South African statistics agency StatsSA. Around 8.4 million people were unemployed in the second quarter, compared to 5.2 million ten years earlier in 2014, according to the report. Including people who gave up looking for work, the unemployment rate rose to 42.6% in the second quarter, from 41.9% in the previous three months, …

08/13/2024 1:07:07 p.m.·Portugal

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The Guardian Nigeria

South Africa’s unemployment soars 60% in a decade

South Africa's jobless rate rose to a near record in the second quarter of 2024, continuing a trend that has seen the number of unemployed people grow by more than 60 percent in ten years, official data showed Tuesday. The unemployment rate hit 33.5 percent between April and June, up by 0.6 percentage point from […] The post South Africa's unemployment soars 60% in a decade appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News.

08/13/2024 12:07:02 p.m.·Nigeria

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Het Belang van Limburg

One in three people in South Africa is unemployed

The unemployment rate in South Africa has risen further to over 33 percent in the second quarter of this year. In ten years, the number of unemployed has increased by over 60 percent, according to official data from statistics agency StatsSA on Tuesday.

08/13/2024 12:19:30 p.m.·Hasselt, Belgium

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