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Youth unemployment rose to 43.8% among 15-to-34-year-olds in Q4 2025, even as the headline rate fell. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Unemployment drops to 32.1% in third quarter

The jobless rate is down from the two-year high of 33.5% recorded in the second quarter

  • Aarti Bhana
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