JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's official unemployment rate has risen to 32.5 percent between October and December last year.
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Stats SA says under the expanded definition of unemployment, which includes discouraged workers, 11.1-million people are out of work.
The expanded unemployment rate is 42.6% in Q4 2020.
[Thread] South Africa’s #unemployment rate increased by 1,7 percentage points to 32,5% in Q4:2020 compared to Q3:2020.
— Stats SA (@StatsSA) February 23, 2021
Read more here: https://t.co/Tn5PqWiA9q#StatsSA #employment pic.twitter.com/kayLZW4K41
[Thread] South Africa’s #unemployment rate increased by 1,7 percentage points to 32,5% in Q4:2020 compared to Q3:2020.
— Stats SA (@StatsSA) February 23, 2021
Read more here: https://t.co/Tn5PqWiA9q#StatsSA #employment pic.twitter.com/kayLZW4K41