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A local economist says the drop in the unemployment rate, although small, is encouraging.

The unemployment rate has registered a modest decline in Nelson Mandela Bay and the Eastern Cape.

An economist says the drop in the unemployment rate, although small, is encouraging.

The country's unemployment rate dropped as more people had jobs in the second quarter of this year.

Statistician-general Risenga Maluleke has released the Quarterly Labour Force Survey stats for the period between the 1 April to the end of June 2023.

The latest employment and unemployment data released by Statistics SA on Tuesday, which showed a slight decrease in unemployment, means very little to millions of South Africans who are languishing across the country after years of exclusion from the labour market.

On Tuesday, Stats SA released results from the second Quarterly Labour Force Survey that showed a slight decrease in the country’s unemployment rate – which now stands at 32.6%.

The DA Women’s Network has launched a campaign urging the government to jack up the child maintenance system to save mothers and children from poverty.

The DA Women’s Network has launched a campaign urging the government to improve the child maintenance system to save mothers and children from poverty.

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