By Newsbreak Senior Producer, Taresh Harreeparshad - There has been a great deal of criticism of the latest unemployment statistics: unemployment has grown by 114 000 over the past year, with job losses centered around manufacturing and social and community services. The official number stands at 33.6%. Now the The Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC) has criticised the long-term decline of South Africa's manufacturing sector as a key driver of mass unemployment. Senior programme officer Jaco Oelofsen explains some of the macro-economic reforms that could steady the situation...

<p>By Newsbreak Senior Producer, Taresh Harreeparshad - There has been a great deal of criticism of the latest unemployment statistics: unemployment has grown by 114 000 over the past year, with job losses centered around manufacturing and social and community services. The official number stands at 33.6%. Now the The Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC) has criticised the long-term decline of South Africa's manufacturing sector as a key driver of mass unemployment. Senior programme officer Jaco Oelofsen explains some of the macro-economic reforms that could steady the situation...</p>

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