# The GOOD Party says on paper, the Western Cape’s unemployment rate appears commendable, but the province has consistently reported lower unemployment than the rest of South Africa over the past decade. According to Statistics SA’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey for quarter two of this year, the province recorded an unemployment rate of 21.1-percent, compared to the national average of 33.2-percent. GOOD’s Suzette Little says there are 900-thousand job seekers registered on the City of Cape Town’s Expanded Public Works Programme:
GOOD Party says the Western Cape has an unemployment crisis [SOUND]
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