Mboweni to table emergency budget as unemployment reaches record levels

Over 7 million people are now officially unemployed in the country.This is followed by the community and social services at 33,000, a sector which includes education, sports and recreation.A startling stat is that out of the total number of youth - which is 10.3 million - 34.1 percent are not in employment, education or training.

Employment and labour lawyer Lovanya Moodley says,"ordinarily in SA we don't see a very positive youth unemployment rate and these figures don't take account of unemployed people who are discouraged and stopped applying for jobs. I think we will see a greater number of retrenchments." The outlook is bleak and things will get worse once the full extent and impact of COVID-19 are factored in.

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