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Financial Times perspective: How world sees SA’s record unemployment
"More than a third of labour force unemployed as economists warn unrest could fuel further rise," writes Joseph Cotterill of the Financial Times.
On the topic of joining dots, SA's increasingly depressing economic data will hopefully trigger a reflective exercise in Pretoria. The piece republished below from the Financial Times of London blames SA's latest surge in joblessness to the pandemic – but concludes with the comment that the country's future is bleak. Radical economic transformation is surely required, but precisely the opposite of that championed by factions within the socialist ANC still loyal to the wrecking ball Jacob Zuma. – Alec Hogg
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