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The country’s unemployment level has dipped below the 32% mark for the first time since 2020.

South Africa's unemployment rate has dropped to 31.9%, according to Stats SA.

While the number of formally employed South Africans ticked upwards by nearly 400,000 in the third quarter, manufacturing and mining shed thousands of jobs, according to Statistics South Africa.

This means the country’s employment figure is back above the pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels.

Mining was among the industries that led to job creation in the previous quarter but economic headwinds have seen some big mining houses battle to maintain jobs.

There is one aspect of nationhood to which political analysts contemplating the meaning of 'South African-ness' rarely devote much consideration: the vote, writes Lindiwe Mazibuko.

The Amathole District Municipality faces the risk of losing its water services provision status due to glaring failures to provide its people with clean water.This was revealed on Thursday by co-operative governance and traditional affairs MEC Zolile Williams during a water indaba organised by ADM at Regent Hotel in East London.

Stats SA has acknowledged that undercounting was an issue during the 2022 census mainly because of people's hesitancy to open their doors to data collectors.

The Statistician-General has officially handed over KwaZulu-Natal's census results to the premier.

EFF leader Julius Malema says violent criminals who threaten law-enforcement officials must be shot.