SOUTH AFRICA'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE RISES TO 33.6% IN Q2 2026.(PHOTO).

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  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.

FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM EXPERIENCE GLOBAL OUTAGE, USERS LOGGED OUT. (PHOTO).


 Facebook, Instagram Experience Global Outage, Users Logged Out


Meta-owned social media platforms Facebook and Instagram suffered a widespread outage on Friday, preventing millions of users worldwide from accessing their accounts.


The disruption affected Facebook's website, mobile app, and Messenger service, with many users reporting that they were unexpectedly logged out. Attempts to sign back in resulted in error messages stating that an unexpected error had occurred.


Visitors to Facebook's website were also greeted with a notice indicating that the company was working to fix the issue.


As the outage unfolded, users flocked to X (formerly Twitter) to confirm whether others were experiencing similar problems.


While Facebook and Instagram were the hardest-hit platforms, WhatsApp appeared to remain largely functional despite sharing some infrastructure with Meta's other services. However, a number of users also reported difficulties accessing Instagram's web version.


The outage appeared to have a global impact, with reports emerging from several countries within a short period.


Downdetector, a service that monitors online disruptions, recorded a significant spike in reports related to Facebook and other Meta products before its own website experienced technical issues.


At the time of reporting, Meta had not released an official statement explaining the cause of the outage.


The company does not maintain a public status page for its consumer platforms, though it operates one for business services, which had not yet reflected the disruption.

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