Unemployment mars rosy outlook

WITH VIRTUALLY all SA’s economic figures looking rosy, employment is taking very much a second place. The latest figures from Statistics SA reveal that employment last September went up by 658 000 jobs, but unemployment still increased to 26.7% compared to 26.2% in the same month in 2004.

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