South Africa / Unemployment rises to 25.6%

It put the number of unemployed people at 4.73-million – the highest level recorded since the QLFS started in 2008.

“Since the first quarter of 2008, unemployment levels have been fluctuating in certain quarters, but the trend has been upwards. The lowest level of unemployment was observed in the fourth quarter of 2008, at 3.9-million people, while this quarter’s number is the highest,” the statistics agency said.

This was largely attributed to an increase in the labour force, which saw 222 000 people join in the three months between April and June 2013, bringing the total available labour force in the country to 18.45-million.

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