South Africa sinks further into the red

As a country with the highest unemployment rate in the world, South Africa’s situation has not improved, contrary to expectations. This situation should arouse greater concern from the government.

According to previous estimates, South Africa’s labor force unemployment rate was 32.9%, making it the country most affected by employment issues in the world. However, due to difficulties, load shedding ended in March last year. Power giant Eskom This gives people hope for improving the country’s employment situation.

However, data showed that the problem worsened as the unemployment rate rose to 33.5% in the second quarter of this year. This is the highest unemployment rate since 2021, when the Covid-19 pandemic was in full swing. Covid-19 pandemic is in full swing. As a result, no fewer than 8.5 million South Africans, or one-third of the working population, are affected by unemployment. The issue of unemployment is one of the main issues of real concern to the country. general election For the first time since 1994 The loss of ANC hegemony South African politics.

Challenges facing the coalition government

Therefore, solving the unemployment problem is one of the main challenges facing the coalition government that emerged from the mixed results of the last general elections of the ANC, and it is even more important for the opposition, which now participates in the management of state power. For a long time, she has stood aside and made increasing accusations against the governance of the ANC. With an unemployment rate of 33.5%, South Africa ranks first among the countries most affected by unemployment in the world. In Africa, it is followed by countries such as Angola, Senegal and Sudan.