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South Africa's unemployment rate edged higher to 33.7% in the third quarter of 2026, despite the economy adding 101,000 jobs, as more people entered the labour market looking for work. 

GUEST: Duma Gqubule, Economic Analyst

South Africa's unemployment rate edged higher to 33.7% in the third quarter of 2026, despite the economy adding 101,000 jobs, as more people entered the labour market looking for work.&nbsp;
GUEST: Duma Gqubule, Economic Analyst

South Africa’s Unemployment Rate Increases

The IEC has ordered a revote at Bongani Gemeenskapsaal Voting District in Siyancuma Local Municipality in the Northern Cape in terms of Section 10 of the Local Government Municipal Electoral Act 2000 (Act). In terms of Section 10 of the Act, the Commission may order a revote where ballot papers are lost, destroyed or unlawfully removed before counting is completed.

GUEST: Elkin Topkin, Head of elections in the Northern Cape

The IEC has ordered a revote at Bongani Gemeenskapsaal Voting District in Siyancuma Local Municipality in the Northern Cape in terms of Section 10 of the Local Government Municipal Electoral Act 2000 (Act). In terms of Section 10 of the Act, the Commission may order a revote where ballot papers are lost, destroyed or unlawfully removed before counting is completed.
GUEST: Elkin Topkin, Head of elections in the Northern Cape

IEC announces Election Timetable for a revote at Bongani Gemeenskapsaal Voting District in Siyancuma Local Municipality, Northern Cape

The Department of Home Affairs has launched the first phase of a new digital asylum system aimed at reducing processing delays, clearing longstanding backlogs and curbing the abuse of the asylum application process. 

GUEST: Dr Leon Schreiber – Minister of Home Affairs

The Department of Home Affairs has launched the first phase of a new digital asylum system aimed at reducing processing delays, clearing longstanding backlogs and curbing the abuse of the asylum application process.&nbsp;
GUEST: Dr Leon Schreiber &ndash; Minister of Home Affairs

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