The Eastern Cape may have bucked the national trend in the worst possible way with Tuesday’s release of the latest quarterly employment statistics but within the province, BCM bucked that trend with a leap in job figures.The latest Stats SA quarterly labour force survey covers October to December 2023, or Q4.
South Africa's jobless rate rose in the fourth quarter of last year, official data showed on Tuesday, in another worrying sign for the government ahead of a general election.