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The unemployment rate eased in the fourth quarter of 2011 to 23.9%, says Stats SA.
The US economy added jobs at the fastest in nine months which brought the unemployment rate down to 8.3%.
The unemployment rate in the single currency area rose just above 10% in December with southern European states worst hit.
SA's education problems pose long-term economic risks.
The International Labour Organisation says 600 million jobs need to be created in the next 10 years, in a downbeat report for the 2012 global jobs market.
The SA Institute of Race Relations says the government's target of 5 million jobs by 2020 will only be met if job creation rises tenfold.
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University graduates do not address SA's employment needs and grants and affirmative action dampen desire to work in the country, says a labour analyst.
Over 100 000 new jobs were created in December 2011, with temporary work growing the fastest, according to an employment index.
SA stocks closed in the black as previously battered miners gained ground and upbeat US jobs data gave the bourse a fillip.
US President Barack Obama says more growth is needed and the economy will improve after an upbeat jobs report.
Commissions on infrastructure and employment are to be chaired by President Jacob Zuma and his deputy Kgalema Motlanthe, the cabinet has decided.
Trade union federation Cosatu says SA's unemployment rate is at the highest in five years in spite of economic growth.
The unemployment rate edged up in the second quarter of the year to 25.7% of the workforce.
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