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Renée Bonorchis | From the ANC's new dawn to its setting sun, and nary a job in sight

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Stats SA's figures showed that in the fourth quarter of 2023, there were 7.9 million unemployed people, the unemployment rate was 32.1%, and the absorption ratio was 40.8%.
Stats SA's figures showed that in the fourth quarter of 2023, there were 7.9 million unemployed people, the unemployment rate was 32.1%, and the absorption ratio was 40.8%.
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Even if Cyril Ramaphosa and his band of unmerry ministers had concentrated on nothing else from 2019, fixing Eskom could have snowballed into economic growth, investment and job creation, writes Renée Bonorchis.

It's hard to make a call on which is the most farcical statement about jobs in the ANC's 2024 election manifesto.

Is it that President Cyril Ramaphosa's governing party is still making job creation its number one priority after five years of managing to make unemployment worse? Or is it that the ANC thinks it has another five years ahead of it, during which time it will somehow miraculously conjure up millions of new work opportunities?

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