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Johannesburg - South Africa's unemployment rate increased to 23.6% in the quarter ended June 2009, from 23.5% in the first quarter, Statistics SA data showed on Tuesday.
Jobs growth was reported at -2.0% quarter-on-quarter (q/q) from the -1.5% q/q seen in the first quarter.
The total number of employed people was reported to have dropped 267 000 to 13.369 million, while the total labour force was down 325 000 to 17.495 million.
Formal sector employment fell 93 000 to 9.356 million, and informal sector employment fell 41 000 to 2.109 million.
Stats SA said that discouraged work seekers accounted for as many as 302&nbs;000 of the rise in the not economically active.
These patterns suggested that in the second quarter there was a shift from both employment and unemployment into discouragement as individuals gave up hope of finding work or felt that there were no jobs in the area in which they lived that matched their skills.
The labour force comprises all persons who are employed plus all persons who are unemployed. The data showed the number of unemployed people decreased by 59 000 on the quarter to 4.125 million.
The labour force participation rate is the proportion of the working age population that is either employed or unemployed, and this rate was reported down 1.2% on the quarter.
However, discouraged work seekers were reported up 302 000 to 1.517 million. The not-economically active population was up 117 000 on the quarter to 12.068 million.
The data also showed that employment was down 2.6% y/y, or 360 000 people. The unemployment rate increased 0.5% y/y.
- I-Net Bridge.com