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This means, the number of unemployed persons decreased by about 60,000.
The official unemployment rate decreased by 0.8 of a percentage point from 35.3% in the fourth quarter of 2021 to 34.5%.
Meanwhile, the expanded definition also saw a 0.7% decline with more discouraged workers going out to the market, bringing that rate to 45%.
Despite the slight decline the unemployment crisis continues to affect millions of people and economists and government agree that it will not go away overnight.
22.8million people make up the country's labour force but only 14.9 million people were employed in the first quarter of the year.
Stats SA says 370,000 more people were employed in the first quarter than in the fourth quarter.
The increases in employment were recorded in community and social services, manufacturing and trade.
Statistician General Risenga Maluleke said, "We have gained 281,000 jobs in community and social services, 263,000 in manufacturing and in trade we gained 98,000jobs, those were the biggest gains.’’
The labour market gained 370,000 jobs since the fourth quarter of 2021.
Unemployed builders, tilers and plumbers hold signs seeking jobs on the side of the road in Johannesburg in November 2019. Picture: AFP
The quarterly labour force survey shows that there were more than 7.9 million unemployed people in South Africa during the first quarter of the year, despite an overall decline in the joblessness rates.
This means the number of unemployed persons decreased by about 60,000.
The changes in employment and unemployment resulted in the official unemployment rate decreasing by 0.8 of a percentage point, from 35.3% in the fourth quarter of 2021 to 34.5%
Meanwhile, the expanded definition also saw a 0.7% decline, with more discouraged workers going out to the market, bringing that rate to 45%.
The Quarterly Labour Force Survey is a household-based sample survey which records the labour market activities of individuals between the ages of 15 and 64.
Young people remain vulnerable in the labour market, with only 244,000 gaining employment in the first quarter of the year.
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