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South Africa’s unemployment rate rises weeks before election
Manage episode 418235876 series 3361753
South Africa’s unemployment rate rose to 32.9% in the first quarter of this year, up from 32.1% in the previous quarter, data showed earlier today. The increase is the second quarter in a row that the official unemployment rate has risen, taking it closer to the record high above 35% reached in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
GUEST: Duma Gqubule, Independent Economist
8865 episodes
Manage episode 418235876 series 3361753
South Africa’s unemployment rate rose to 32.9% in the first quarter of this year, up from 32.1% in the previous quarter, data showed earlier today. The increase is the second quarter in a row that the official unemployment rate has risen, taking it closer to the record high above 35% reached in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
GUEST: Duma Gqubule, Independent Economist
8865 episodes
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