Latest Unemployment Figures – Department of Employment and Labour
Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi, notes with concern the released Stats SA first quarter labour force survey by the Statistician-General, indicating that the level of unemployment rate has increased to 30.1%.
“Those figures represent the pain experienced by individual workers, their families and communities, expressed Nxesi.
“From the side of the Department of Employment and Labour, the experience gained in distributing Covid-19 benefits means that the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), must be geared up to handle the expected rise in claims for ordinary UIF benefits, said the Minister.
More over Nxesi said government will now have to intensify its efforts to combat unemployment and to stimulate growth.
He said government will build on the strong foundations laid in the past two years, in particular, by intensifying and fast-tracking efforts to implement the Jobs Summit commitments; and leveraging the capital investment raised through the Investment Conference to support productive investment and jobs.
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