South Africa's Unemployment Rate Declines, Youth Unemployment Remains High The latest labour force data reveals that South ...

The unemployment rate stood ... Challenges South Africa has taken considerable strides to improve the well-being of its citizens since its transition to democracy in the mid-1990s, but progress has ...

After fairly strong growth between 2003 and early 2008, the country slumped into recession during 2008–09 and, unlike in most other large emerging markets (see Chart ... unemployment well above 20 ...

West Africa's WAEMU ... The employment rate rose to 53.8%, up from 51.3% in the previous quarter, marking a 2.5 percentage point increase. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate declined from 13.7% ...