# The DA in the Western Cape says reliable infrastructure and an environment in which businesses can invest, grow, and create jobs is needed to address the country’s unemployment crisis. The third-quarter 2026 Quarterly Labour Force Survey puts the national unemployment rate at 33.7-percent. The DA’s Noko Masipa says the Western Cape is the only province to record positive year-on-year employment growth, adding 69-thousand jobs over the past year, and bringing total provincial employment to 2.883 million:
DA Western Cape says job creation does not happen in isolation [SOUND]
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