South Africa’s unemployment rate eases to 31.4% The Mail & Guardian | 17.02.2026 19:11 The unemployment rate decreased to 31.4% in the fourth quarter of 2025 from 31.9% in the previous three months, according to data released by Statistics South Africa on Tuesday.Read more RELATED STORIES Tintswalo Summer House opens in Simon’s Town with boutique coastal... Travel DA to reveal ‘explosive’ details on ex-Gauteng health CFO Lerato Madyo’s... Politics South Africans begin returning home as Middle East conflict worsens Travel What ITB Berlin 2026 confirmed for Cape Town Travel Chilling out — Capetonians take to the water as heatwave sets in Latest News Western Cape budget millions offer little relief to fire victims in... Latest News ‘Nothing holds my hands’: New NDPP Andy Mothibi shares his list of... Latest News Soweto honours Mosiuoa 'Terror' Lekota at memorial service Latest News Sho't Left's #SeatAtTheTable Easter campaign celebrates Mzansi through... Travel Ramaphosa Faces Fresh Pressure as EFF Takes Phala Phala Fight to Top... Politics Moremi Game Reserve reopening on 26 March after flood closure Travel Celebrating Kingsley Holgate at 80 – A lifetime of journeys that changed... Travel