QLFS: “Recovery” for Whom? Deepening Crisis in Eastern Cape and Labour Market Masked by Misleading National Averages
Free SA warns that the recent decline in South Africa’s official unemployment rate to 31.9% in Q3 2025 masks a dangerously unequal and unsustainable economic reality. Behind the headline figures, provinces like the Eastern Cape remain trapped in deepening joblessness, while nearly half of South Africa’s working-age population is underutilised, a hidden crisis that government […]