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milestogo

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1. Regarding unemployment in South Africa

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Fri Feb 14, 2025, 10:39 AM

Feb 14

As of the third quarter of 2024, South Africa's unemployment rate was 32.1%.

This was a decrease from 33.5% in the second quarter of 2024.

Unemployment rate by group

Youth unemployment: In the first quarter of 2024, the unemployment rate for people aged 15–34 was 45.5%.

Black/African: In Q4 2023, the unemployment rate for Black/African people was 36.1%.

White: In Q4 2023, the unemployment rate for White people was 8.5%.

There is a lot of racial conflict in South Africa and there is also great inequality.

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'White supremacists in suits and ties': the rightwing Afrikaner group in Trump's ear [View all] milestogo Feb 14 OP

Regarding unemployment in South Africa milestogo Feb 14 #1

Much of that inequality is tied to land ownership. AloeVera Feb 14 #2

Musk and Trump are interpreting it as a threat to white men milestogo Feb 14 #4

Another way to look at it is that they know it's not true. AloeVera Feb 14 #5

The difference in revolutions. C0RI0LANUS Feb 14 #3