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As rolling power cuts intensified in September, data this week showed that the economy’s industrial arms got off to a faltering start in the third quarter.
Digging into the latest labour force survey shows that young people without higher education will struggle to find jobs in a low-growth economy.
On Tuesday, Statistics South Africa released the second quarter labour statistics which showed there has been a 0.3 percentage point decrease in the unemployment rate compared to the first quarter of this year.
There are 16.3 million employed people in South Africa, which is almost at the pre-COVID levels where the figure stood at 16.4 million.
Mining production rose by 1.1% year on year in June after declining by 0.7% in May. On a monthly basis, output increased by 1.3%.