South Africa’s unemployment crisis is deepening, with the unemployment rate rising to 33.7% in the third quarter of the year, up from 33.6% in the previous quarter.

According to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey released by StatsSA on Tuesday, there was an increase of over a 100 000 in the number of employed persons, but the number of unemployed persons also increased by 97 000.

Deputy Director for the Quarterly Labour Force Survey at Statistics South Africa, Dimakatso Maloka says that mining was among the industries that contributed to the increase in employment.

“South Africa’s unemployment rate rises to 33.7% in the third quarter of 2026- with 8.6 million people unemployed. Employment increased by 101 000 person to 16.8 million. The main industries that contributed to the increase in employment were finance, manufacturing, and mining.”

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