Cape Town - Graphs released by Stats SA paint a grim picture of South Africa's job market. The graphs were released as part of their 2017 first quarter labour force survey, which found that South Africa's unemployment rate was the highest in nearly 14 years, escalating to 27.7%.
FULL STORY: SA unemployment rate rises to 14-year high
The official #unemployment rate at its highest level since September 2003 at 27,7% in Q1:207 #StatsSAhttps://t.co/cWed7T78j2 pic.twitter.com/xW2cwI9nyf
— Stats SA (@StatsSA) June 1, 2017
The proportion of those in long-term unemployment up from 57% in 2008 to 65,8% in Q1:2017 https://t.co/cWed7T78j2 pic.twitter.com/uXJoGVUznB
— Stats SA (@StatsSA) June 1, 2017
144 000 jobs were created in Q1:2017, was offset by 433 000 growth in number of job-seekers #StatsSA https://t.co/cWed7T78j2 pic.twitter.com/KphHTHwIkl
— Stats SA (@StatsSA) June 1, 2017
#Unemployment rate for young people aged 15-34 up by 1,6 percentage points to 38,6% https://t.co/cWed7T78j2 pic.twitter.com/U2k4WZ94d0
— Stats SA (@StatsSA) June 1, 2017
#Unemployment rate for those with #education below matric=5,4 percentage points higher than national rate at 33,1% https://t.co/cWed7T78j2 pic.twitter.com/TUwFboNcD8
— Stats SA (@StatsSA) June 1, 2017
Women remain less likely to participate in the labour market, #unemployment rate for women higher than males https://t.co/cWed7T78j2 pic.twitter.com/bcWYijmyuq
— Stats SA (@StatsSA) June 1, 2017
#Manufacturing industry saw biggest growth in #employment adding 62 000 jobs in Q1:2017 https://t.co/cWed7T78j2 pic.twitter.com/XpNgKWBUkc
— Stats SA (@StatsSA) June 1, 2017
#Employment in #Mining industry grew for first time in Q1:2017 after declining for four successive quarters https://t.co/cWed7T78j2 pic.twitter.com/uBIeNXqSvQ
— Stats SA (@StatsSA) June 1, 2017
Close to a third of all people #employed in Q1:2017 were employed in elementary & domestic work occupations https://t.co/cWed7T78j2 pic.twitter.com/ssQhhQlxMO
— Stats SA (@StatsSA) June 1, 2017
14,6m people aged 15 – 64 years were neither #employed nor unemployed in Q1:2017, down 421 000 q/q https://t.co/cWed7T78j2 pic.twitter.com/I6vXOZuvFL
— Stats SA (@StatsSA) June 1, 2017