BusinessTech reports that, with SA’s high unemployment rate ranked as the worst in the world, among the worst to be hit so far this year were domestic workers as households cut spending costs amid rising food price inflation, fuel and electricity price hikes, and job uncertainty.  

According to Statistics SA, as many as 45,000 domestic workers lost their job in the first quarter, falling to 984,000 persons in employment from 1.029 million in the prior quarter.  Year-on-year data showed that 24,000 domestic workers lost their jobs, which will come as a major blow to many communities where the salary of domestic workers is often the lifeblood of many households.  Domestic workers make up as much as 7.8% of the black South African workforce.

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