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DA demands job creation as unemployment rate increases
Mafikeng Mail
|July 11, 2025
MAHIKENG MAIL - MAHIKENG: The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the North West last week Friday submitted a memorandum of demands to the Office of Premier Lazarus Mokgosi regarding the ongoing challenges and high unemployment rate in the province.
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The DA called for the Premier to take urgent action to address the province's escalating unemployment crisis with an expanded unemployment rate of 56% and over 57 000 job losses recorded in the most recent quarter - yet no provincial jobs plan, no economic recovery roadmap and no transparency on job-creating investments have been put forward. The DA's memorandum outlined five-point Jobs and Economic Rescue Plan, including: Declaring
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