Economics
South Africa’s Unemployment Rate Swings Back to 17-Year High
A foreign migrant mends his trousers inside a building in the Kwa Mai Mai area in Johannesburg.
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South Africa’s official unemployment rate returned to a 17-year high in the third quarter as the easing of a coronavirus lockdown allowed more people to look for work and be counted as jobless.