AT LEAST 204 000 jobs were gained between the second quarter of 2022 and the third quarter of 2022, Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke said on Tuesday while releasing the Quarterly Labour Force Survey.
The total number of persons employed was 15,8 million in the third quarter of 2022.
The number of unemployed persons decreased by 269 000 to 7.7 million while discouraged work-seekers also decreased by 54 000 to 3.5 million in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the previous quarter.
But Maluleke said the number of people who were not economically active for reasons other than discouragement increased by 264 000 between the two quarters, resulting in a net increase of 210 000 in the not economically active population.
“The above changes in employment and unemployment resulted in the official unemployment rate decreasing by 1,0 percentage point from 33,9% in the second quarter of 2022 to 32,9% in the
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