StatsSA: SA's unemployment rate increased to 30.8%
Joblessness grew in the third quarter of this year.
According to Stats SA the country's unemployment rate increased by 7.5 percentage points to 30.8% compared with Quarter 2.
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The agency has released the figures of the latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey.
It says the jobless rate among youth up to the age of 24 went up by 9 percentage points in Q3.
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— Stats SA (@StatsSA) November 12, 2020
South Africa’s #unemployment rate increased by 7,5 percentage points to 30,8% in Q3:2020 compared with Q2:2020.#StatsSA #employment pic.twitter.com/dbsyp75pLy
