Quarterly Labour Force Survey: Results a testament to economic policy uncertainty

The Democratic Alliance (DA) notes with concern the release of today's Quarterly Labour Force Survey by STATS SA (see here - PDF). The survey indicates that, in the last three months, only 7 000 new jobs have been created nationally and the unemployment rate has increased to 25.7%. Most worrying, however, is that the number of formally unemployed people has increased by 174 000 in the last th...