SA's unemployment rate dips in final quarter of 2025
bizcommunity | 17.02.2026 18:15
According to the QLFS Q4: 2025 results, there was an increase of 44,000 in the number of employed persons to 17.1 million, while there was a decrease of 172,000 in the number of unemployed persons to 7.8 million compared with Q3: 2025 results. This resulted in a decrease of 128,000 (or 0.5%) in the labour force in the same period.
