South Africa's unemployment rate fell to 23.3% in the second quarter of 2020 from 30.1% in the previous period. It was the lowest jobless rate since the second quarter of 2009, as the country's strict lockdown distorted labour force numbers with fewer people actively looking for employment. South Africa's unemployment rate fell to 23.3% in the second quarter of 2020 from 30.1% in the previous period. It was the lowest jobless rate since the second quarter of 2009, as the country's strict lockdown distorted labour force numbers with fewer people actively looking for employment.
To take the conversation further we are now joined on the line by:
• Terry Bell is a labour and economist analyst
• Nkululeko Ndlovu is the organiser of fighting against graduate unemployment march
• Zwelinzima Vavi is the General Secretary of the South African Federation of Trade Unions
