South Africa’s unemployment rate fell to 23% in September 2007, from 25,5% the year before. In September 2002, the figure was 30.4%.(LFS Sept 2007)

This week’s theme: Workers in South Africa

Related facts:

• More working In September 2007 there were 13.23 million employed people in South...
• Trading places In the year to September 2007, 103,000 jobs were lost in...
• How low can you go? The unemployment rate at September 2006 was 25.5%, the lowest it...
• Prospects? The projected 2010 youth unemployment rate in Sub-Saharan Africa is 12.5%...
• More bosses In 2001, 10.2% of the South African workforce were professionals or...