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SA's unemployment rate increased by 0.1 of a percentage point to 33.7% in the third quarter of 2026, though the Eastern Cape managed to buck the trend to record an increase in employment. This is according to the latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey presented by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) in Pretoria on Tuesday.
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