By Ofentse Mokae
28 May 2010
A seminar is being organised to tackle the economic crisis and the mass unemployment currently being faced by the country.
According to the Alternative Information Development Centre, the official South African unemployment rate reached 25-point-two-percent this month.
Yesterday hundreds of unemployed people were queuing outside the council yard in Ndabeni near Maitlaind after being promised jobs.
According to reports there are 40 vacant positions and about 500 people are waiting to be interviewed.
Police had to be called to help maintain order and control the crowd.
The centre's Brian Ashley says it has also emerged with a third of all workers employed in the informal sector have no rights and work in poor conditions.
Ashley says leaders of civil society, including trade unions, will explore strategies and alliances to reverse the unemployment crisis.
The meeting is scheduled for next week in Cape Town.
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