By Kopano Gumbi
PRETORIA (Reuters) -South Africa’s joblessness rate increased for the 2nd quarter in a row to 32.9% in the veryfirst 3 months of this year, information revealed on Tuesday, 2 weeks before the governing African National Congress dealswith its mostdifficult election .
The boost from 32.1% in the 4th quarter of last year brings the authorities joblessness rate closer to the record high of 35.3% reached in late 2021 throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
South Africans will vote in nationwide and provincial elections on May 29, with viewpoint surveys recommending that the governing African National Congress (ANC), which hasactually been in power because the end of apartheid, is at danger of losing its parliamentary bulk.
Joblessness hasactually increased about 10 portion points in the 3 years consideringthat the ANC came to power under freedom hero Nelson Mandela and is a secret issue amongst citizens.
In the veryfirst qu