# Minister of Employment and Labour, Nomakhosazana Meth, says the latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey results paint a sobering picture of the state of the labour market in South Africa. The unemployment rate in the country has increased by 1.3 percentage points to 32.7-percent in the first quarter of this year, as 301-thousand people lost their jobs. The Ministry spokesperson, Thobeka Magcai, says they acknowledge the difficult socio-economic realities confronting millions of citizens, who continue to search for sustainable employment opportunities:
Labour minister Meth is concerned about the high rate of unemployment, particularly amongst young people [SOUND]
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