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BDLive writes that SA has lost almost 500,000 jobs in the first six months of 2016, raising the alarm about the blood bath that could follow should the country slide into recession.
The economy shed 355,000 jobs in the first quarter. About 129,000 more were lost in the second quarter, leaving the official unemployment rate little changed at 26.6% in the second quarter, Statistics SA’s quarterly labour force survey showed on Thursday. This meant 5.6-million people were jobless. And the outlook for job creation is bleak for the millions of unemployed, with economic growth forecast at close to zero.
- Read this report by Ntsakisi Maswanganyi in full at BDLive
- Read too, Werkloosheid ‘gaan nog lank hoog bly’, at Netwerk24
Get other news reports at the SA Labour News home page