The official unemployment rate was at 32,1 % in the fourth quarter of 2023. According to data released by Statistics South Africa, the unemployment rate among the Black African population group remains higher than the national average and other population groups, at 36,1%. This as, Anglo American Platinum has announced that it is set to cut three-thousand-700 jobs in South Africa as the mining company attempts to improve performance. Amplats says it aims to cut jobs after a sharp drop in platinum metal prices, which had led to a collapse in profits last year. We are now joined on the line by Labour Lawyer and Analyst Michael Bagraim 

<p>The official unemployment rate was at 32,1 % in the fourth quarter of 2023. According to data released by Statistics South Africa, the unemployment rate among the Black African population group remains higher than the national average and other population groups, at 36,1%. This as, Anglo American Platinum has announced that it is set to cut three-thousand-700 jobs in South Africa as the mining company attempts to improve performance. Amplats says it aims to cut jobs after a sharp drop in platinum metal prices, which had led to a collapse in profits last year. We are now joined on the line by Labour Lawyer and Analyst Michael Bagraim </p>

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Unemployment in the Black African population remains higher than the national average as South Africa's unemployment rate soared to 32,1 % in the fourth quarter of 2023

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