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The Beauty and the Beast: Why South Africa's "Improved" Job Numbers Hide a Structural Crisis

South Africa's unemployment dropped to 31.4% officially, but the expanded rate tells a scarier story. With 42% real unemployment and 80% of jobless people now long-term unemployed, the crisis is structural—not cyclical. Here's what it means for workers and employers.

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