SOUTH AFRICA'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE RISES TO 33.6% IN Q2 2026.(PHOTO).
South Africa's Unemployment Rate Rises to 33.6% in Q2 2026 South Africa's unemployment rate climbed to 33.6% in the second quarter of 2026, up from 32.7% in the first quarter, according to new figures from the national statistics department. The number of unemployed people rose to 8.5 million, while the number of employed people fell by 16,000 to 16.7 million. The data shows job losses across key sectors including community and social services, mining, agriculture, manufacturing and utilities. The steepest declines were recorded in the Western Cape, Gauteng, and North West provinces. Officials did not provide clear reasons for the downturn, leaving the main drivers of the rising unemployment rate uncertain.
According to sources,Unidentified gunmen shot and killed Burundi's former army chief of staff yesterday saturday.Colonel Jean Bikomagu was shot dead outside his home in Bujumbura in the morning as he returned from church.His daughter who was with him,was seriously wounded and rushed to the hospital.According to the Burundi president spokesperson Willy Nyamitwe said on his facebook page that ''Another black weekend in Burundi.Blackened by the assassination of a senior member of the Burundian army in retirement,Colonel Jean Bikomagu..Very sad,very shocking''.Colonel Bikomagu was army chief during the civil war that started in 1993 when the Tutsi dominated army was fighting then rebel leader,and now President,Nkurunziza's CNDD-FDD Hutu rebels.The assassinations in Burundi is beginning to scare me.Early these month,gunmen killed a former Burundian security chief and close ally of President Nkurunziza.The next day,a prominent human rights activist who openly opposed Nkurunziza's bid for a third term in office was shot and seriously wounded.Sources claimed all these assassination is related to the fact that President Nkurunziza is re-elected into office for the third time.
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