South Africa’s unemployment rate increased by 7.5 percentage points to 30.8% in the third quarter of 2020 compared with the second quarter, according to data from Statistics South Africa. In the second quarter, the official unemployment rate decreased from 30.1% in the first quarter of 2020 to a record low of 23.3%. However, the country was under a hard lockdown in the second quarter of the year, with prospective job seekers unable to look for work.

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The Western Cape Health Department is concerned about rising COVID-19 infections along the Garden Route. There are increases in all the subdistricts, except Kannaland. Cases have risen rapidly in George, Knysna, and Bitou; and on Wednesday night President Cyril Ramaphosa also singled out the Garden Route as a hotspot.
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Gauteng MEC of Education Panyaza Lesufi says the violent brawl, involving about 10 high school boys in Gauteng, was because one of them was owed R25. A video circulating on social media, shows the boys, some in school uniform, fighting in groups outside the Edenglen High School in Johannesburg. Lesufi this week visited the High School investigate the fight.

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