Unemployment rate drops to 32.1% in Q3 2024: Stats SA

Job seekers wait beside a road for casual work 2 minutes The unemployment rate has decreased to 32.1%  in the third quarter of 2024 from 33.5%  in the second quarter. According to Statistics South Africa, the number of discouraged work-seekers increased by 160 000 and the number of people who were not economically active for…

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Suspect in Magaqa’s murder denied bail

FILE | Former African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) Secretary-General Sindiso Magaqa. The man charged with the murder of former African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) Secretary-General Sindiso Magaqa has been denied bail. Zweliphansi Sikhosana appeared in the Umzimkhulu Magistrate’s Court in KwaZulu-Natal. Sikhosana applied for bail after his re-arrest in July in connection with…

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