South Africa's unemployment rate has reached a record 34.9% for the third quarter - half a percentage point higher than in the second quarter.

South Africa’s unemployment rate has reached a record 34.9% for the third quarter – half a percentage point higher than in the second quarter.

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1 December 2021

This is the highest number since the start of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey in 2008. The expanded unemployment rate – which includes discouraged work-seekers who have given up looking for work – has increased by 2.2 percentage points to 46.6% in the third quarter.

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