Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Most of unemployed people are illiterate

By Yamkela Xhaso
30 June 2009

Trade union Solidarity says that while over 120 000 people in South Africa lost their jobs from the first quarter of 2008 to the first quarter of 2009, unmatriculated employees are suffering most when it comes to job losses.

Spokesperson Jaco Kleynhanst told media reports that, it has become clear that men between the ages of 15 and 34 are losing their jobs.

Kleynhans added that in terms of the latest figures from Statistics South Africa for the first quarter of 2009, 2.4 million South Africans are jobless.

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