South Africa’s unemployment rate rises to 33.7 percent

South Africa’s official unemployment rate has edged up to 33.7-percent between July and September, from 33.6-percent in the previous quarter. The number of unemployed people rose by 97-thousand to 8.6-million, while discouraged job-seekers increased by 70-thousand to 3.7-million. Statistics South Africa’s Dimakatso Maloka says the broader unemployment measure, which includes people who have given up looking for work and those working fewer hours than they want, remained unchanged at 46.3-percent.

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