South Africa’s official unemployment rate has risen to 32.5 percent between October and December last year. Stats SA says under the expanded definition of unemployment, which includes discouraged workers, 11.1-million people are out of work.

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The Western Cape has recorded 28 additional deaths, bringing the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in the province to 11-thousand 083. As of one o’clock this afternoon (Tues 23 Feb) the Western Cape had 4 269 active Covid-19 infections with a total of 274 191 confirmed Covid-19 cases.
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