# Government has welcomed the third Quarterly Labour Force Survey results for 2025. South Africa’s unemployment rate has decreased by 1.3 percentage points in the third quarter of the year, moving to 31.9-percent from 33.2-percent in the second quarter. According to the survey, there was an increase of 248-thousand in the number of employed persons to 17.1-million. Government deputy spokesperson, William Baloyi, says these figures are positive for the economy:
Government welcomes the improvement in South Africa’s unemployment rate [SOUND]
ENG BaloyionDecline