The
South African unemployment issue have make rounds again, with worse effect this
time around. For years now SA youth being advised to be fortune hunter to
better themselves and to be effective and desire to the country’s economy. President
Ramaphosa in June delivered his state of the nation address and set an ambitious
goal that in ten years to come he will fundamentally create about 2 million job
opportunities for youth to deliberately benefit from, as a stepping stone to
continue with SA legacy.
The
current report shows the opposite of what we heard from last month, as South
Africa unemployment rate has gone far with 1.4% increment in second quarter of
2019 which domains to 29% the highest level since first quarter of 2008,
According to EWN data released by Statistics South Africa.
The
unemployment amplified with 21,000 number of people adding to 455,000
Statistician-General
Risenga Maluleke released the Quarterly Labour Force Survey on Tuesday. The figures
showed a slight rise from 27.6% in the first quarter. Maluleke believed this
was the peak that the joblessness ratio had gone since the survey was commenced
in 2008.
Edited By:
Mandlenkosi Mde
Edited By:
Mandlenkosi Mde
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