# Cape Town has reached an all-time high in employment, with over 1.8-million people now working, an increase of 86-thousand jobs in one year. According to Statistics SA’s January to March Labour Force Survey, the city also boasts the lowest expanded unemployment rate in South Africa. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis attributes the success to targeted investments and infrastructure plans expected to create 130-thousand more jobs. In addition he said that Cape Town’s labour force participation rate now stands at 74.6-percent.
Cape Town hits record employment as 86,000 jobs added in one year