Unemployment has increased by 321 000 in first six months of 2015: DA calls for National Debate on jobs crisis
29 July 2015
We have to face the fact that there is a full-blown jobs crisis in South Africa.
The Quarterly Labour Force Survey released today reveals that the number of people who are unemployed increased by 321 000 from 4.9 million to 5.2 million in the first six months of 2015 (see here).
What this means is that 321 000 people, who wanted a job, could not find a job, defined merely as “work for at least one hour”, in the first six months of 2015.
These figures exclude the 2.4 million “discouraged job seekers”, who wanted a job, but have given up looking for a job, in 2015.