DA says the latest unemployment figures attest to its commitment to South Africans

The DA says the latest unemployment figures attest to its commitment to South Africans, sustainable, inclusive economic growth, and meaningful job creation. StatsSA’s latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey reveals a decrease in the unemployment rate from 33.5-percent to 32.1-percent. However, youth unemployment continues to sit high at 43.2-percent. The DA says this green shoots in jobs numbers must accelerate economic reform including breaking Eskom’s power monopoly and addressing weak service delivery within local governments.
Meanwhile, ActionSA has welcomed the slight improvement in South Africa’s employment numbers but calls for bolder measures to tackle the unemployment crisis. ActionSA’s Alan Beesley asks for stricter regulation of the township economy to create more jobs: