Dissecting latest unemployment data with Bukani Mngoma

The country’s Africa’s unemployment rate improved slightly in the first quarter of the year. Stats SA data shows the official unemployment rate was 34,5% down from 35,3% in the fourth quarter of 2021. 370 000 jobs were created at the beginning of the year.

Labour Economist Bukani Mngoma is keeping a close eye on these latest figures and he now joins us on the line from Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.

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