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SABC News reports that the Eastern Cape government has noted that the recently released Quarterly Labour Survey Results for the second quarter show that the province managed to create 89,000 new jobs during the period under review.
Sectors which contributed to this increase included trade, agriculture, construction and private households such as domestic work. While this has been welcomed, the unemployment rate increased from 39.3% to 39.5%. Spokesperson for the provincial government, Khuselwa Rantjie said they remained committed to finding other job opportunities for the people of the province.
“The government’s intervention includes job creation initiatives, skills development programs, infrastructure projects, and private sector partnerships. All is aimed at stimulating labor-absorptive economic growth and reducing unemployment, especially among our youth,” Rantjie advised. He added: “Over the current term, the government’s goal is to increase infrastructure investment, intensify efforts to create a conducive environment for increased investment and job creation, trade and tourism, re-industrialisation, localisation and beneficiation and improved competitiveness through structural reforms.”
- Read the original of the short report in the above regard at SABC News
- Read too, Big jump in Nelson Mandela Bay unemployment from 22.3% to 26.4% in second quarter, at The Herald (subscriber access only)
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