On the face of it, the fall in South Africa’s unemployment rate to a two-year low in Q4 is encouraging, but much of this can be explained by a rise in temporary employment in sectors that deliver low rates of productivity growth. Looking ahead, unemployment is unlikely to fall by much over the coming years due to sluggish progress on labour market reform.
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