PRETORIA, May 12 (Reuters) – South Africa’s official unemployment rate rose to 32.7% in the first quarter of 2026 from 31.4% in the fourth quarter of 2025, data from the statistics agency showed on Tuesday.
Statistics South Africa said the number of unemployed people increased to 8.137 million in January-March, compared to 7.836 million in October-December.
(Reporting by Kopano Gumbi;Writing by Anathi Madubela;Editing Alexander Winning)
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