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Joblessness crisis strips adults of their dignity
Sunday Tribune
|August 17, 2025
SOUTH Africa’s latest quarterly labour force survey report for the second quarter of 2025 places it in the all-too-familiar position of being a country with one of the highest unemployment rates in the world.
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The StatsSA report shows the official rate climbing to 33.2%, with more than 8.3 million people actively looking for work. Under the expanded definition, which includes job seekers who have given up, the figure is a staggering 42.9%.
These numbers are the daily reality for millions of households. Behind each percentage point lies a person, a parent skipping meals so that their children can eat, a graduate sending out CVs without getting replies, a young adult watching their dreams die.
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