Latest job figures 'cause for concern'
30 July 2015 - 02:02
The decrease in unemployment figures has been received with scepticism in the economic sector, with researchers saying it was no cause for celebration. Stats SA's Quarterly Labour Survey results show that employment increased by 198000 jobs in the second quarter of the year.But economists say it is worrying that the biggest increase was in the informal sector and community and social services.
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