58 mins ago · South Africa
Sluggish economic growth blamed for job losses
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. SABC News is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to South Africa. The first report grouped here was at 11 Nov 2026, 07:34 UTC. The headline in use is “Sluggish economic growth blamed for job losses”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Economist Professor Jannie Rossouw has attributed the latest rise in South Africa’s unemployment rate to sluggish economic growth, saying the country’s growth is not strong enough to absorb enough labour. Statistics South Africa’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey shows that the unemployment rate rose to 33.
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