SA unemployment rate increases to 30.1%
JOHANNESBURG –
South Africa’s unemployment rate increased by 1 percentage point to 30,1 percent in the first quarter of 2020 compared to the fourth quarter of 2019.
South Africa’s unemployment rate increased by 1 percentage point to 30,1 percent in the first quarter of 2020 compared to the fourth quarter of 2019.
This followed three consecutive increases from the second quarter to the fourth quarter of 2019.
This is the second consecutive decline in employment in the first quarter of each year after observing increases in the first quarters of 2017 and 2018.
Source: iol.co.za
