Another increase in SA unemployment rate
The unemployment rate has increased by 0.6 percentage points to 33.5% in the second quarter of 2024.
It's up from the previous quarter's 32.9%.
Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke released the Quarterly Labour Force Survey results on Tuesday morning.
Around 158,000 more people were unemployed in the second quarter.
The report shows that discouraged work-seekers increased by 147,000, up by 4,8%, while the number of persons who were not economically active for reasons other than discouragement decreased by 75,000 between the two quarters.
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Black African women continue to be the most vulnerable with an unemployment rate of 39,9%.
The results also indicate that the largest decreases in employment were observed in the Western Cape (65,000), Mpumalanga (50,000) and KwaZulu-Natal (49,000), while the largest increases were observed in Gauteng (42, 000), Limpopo (31,000) and the Eastern Cape (25 000).
