0 SHARES Share TweetJohannesburg, South Africa August 23 — South Africa’s unemployment rate fell for a second consecutive quarter despite widespread power cuts and devastating floods, StatsSA said Tuesday. In the first quarter, unemployment fell to 34.5 after 35.3 percent at the end of 2021. The country’s high unemployment rate has fuelled protests and anti-foreigner sentiment. Almost one in two working-age women are unemployed and listed as economically inactive compared to about one in three men, StatsSA said. The female unemployment rate is also higher than the national average at 35.5 percent.

Source: Daily Nation August 23, 2022 17:45 UTC