South Africa’s unemployment rate has dropped back over the past year or so but it remains far above its pre-pandemic level. The rise in long-term unemployment, which has its roots in both cyclical and structural factors, is particularly worrying and could ultimately dampen South Africa’s already-weak potential GDP growth even further.
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