PRETORIA May 8 (Reuters) – South Africa’s official jobless
rate quickened to 25.2 percent of the labour force in the first
quarter of 2012 from 23.9 percent in the fourth quarter, a
survery showed on Tuesday.
In its latest quartely Labour Force Survey, Statistics South
Africa said the total number of unemployed people stood at 4.5
million in the three months to March from 4.244 million in the
fourth quarter.
(Reporting by Xola Potelwa; Editing by Stella Mapenzauswa)
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