The official unemployment rate is calculated using the number of people who are employed and unemployed, and does not include discouraged work seekers, according to the report.
“This phenomenon of a greater increase in inactivity than in unemployment is not unique to SA,” reads the report. “There were 11.5m employed people who continued to receive pay during the lockdown. About one in five of the employed had a reduction in their salary during the lockdown. There seems to be some relationship between the level of education and reduction in salary.
Why former statician is worried about accuracy of this data StatsSA 🤔
When jobless black people finally give up on looking for jobs, then employment rate improves, this is madness from Thuma mina clowns 😡😡😡😡
How stupid statistics is that? During lockdown, the employment economy was virtually at ground minus zero — non-operational and shedding jobs. This is tomfoolery at its worst!
I see contradiction here
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