President Cyril Ramaphosa reveals that the number of people employed in South Africa has more than doubled since 1994, despite the high unemployment rate. He also states that there are now more people in employment than before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Despite the high unemployment rate in South Africa , more people are in employment than before the COVID-19 pandemic. This was revealed by President Cyril Ramaphosa during the State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Thursday evening. Addressing the nation from the Cape Town City Hall, Ramaphosa says the number of South Africa ns in employment has slightly more than doubled since the dawn of democracy. “The number of South Africa ns in employment increased from 8 million in 1994 to over 16.
7 million now,” says Ramaphosa. “Over the last two years, the number of jobs being created has been increasing every quarter and we now have more people in employment than before the pandemic,” he adds. South Africa had a population of 43 million in 1994 while according to the Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data, today the population is nearing 61 millio
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