SA's unemployment rate declines to 23.3%

Officially, 4,3 million people are unemployed.

JOHANNESBURG - SA's unemployment rate has declined to 23.3% in the second quarter from 30.1% previously.

Officially, 4.3 million people are unemployed.

READ: Stats SA faces funding crisis

Under the expanded definition of unemployment, which includes people no longer looking for work, the unemployment rate is 42%.

That puts the number of people out of work at 10.3 million.

Watch the video above for more on this story.

Source
eNCA

Paid Content