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South Africa’s unemployment rate rose to 32.7% in Q1 2026 from 31.4% in Q4 2025 as 345,000 jobs were shed, Stats SA reported on May 12. The number of unemployed people reached 8.1 million. Youth unemployment hit 60.9%…
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