# Union federation SAFTU says South Africa must never accept mass unemployment as normal, as behind every statistic is a person denied the means to support themselves and their family. The country’s official unemployment rate rose to 33.7-percent in the third quarter of this year, from 33.6-percent in the second quarter. The latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey shows that the number of unemployed persons has increased to 8.6 million. SAFTU’s Asive Dyani says government must abandon austerity and present a funded employment strategy that creates decent work:
SAFTU warns against normalising unemployment [SOUND]
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