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UNEMPLOYMENT RATE RISES TO 32.9%, A BASIC INCOME GRANT IS A MORAL IMPERATIVE

/ GOOD Statement / By

 The latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey for Q1 2025 confirms what South Africans already feel in their homes and communities – unemployment is getting worse, not better. The official unemployment rate has climbed to a shocking 32.9%, up from 31.9% in Q4 2024. This translates to 8.2 million South Africans officially unemployed, with a further 3.5 million discouraged work seekers who have given up trying to find work, and 16.7 million people not economically active. In total, nearly 25 million South Africans of working age have no income to support themselves or their families.

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WORKERS’ DAY IN THE WESTERN CAPE: COMMEMORATING STRUGGLE WHILST CAMPAIGNING AGAINST PROGRESS

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Before we begin this debate, let’s just pause to acknowledge the deep irony of having it here in the Western Cape, a province where the leadership is actively campaigning against progressive changes to employment equity laws. To honour the sacrifices of workers while simultaneously fighting to entrench historical work privilege is not just contradictory, it’s outrageous.

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