{"id":56863,"date":"2014-05-05T14:16:14","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T12:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=56863"},"modified":"2014-05-05T14:16:14","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T12:16:14","slug":"one-in-three-unemployed-in-gauteng-da","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/56863\/one-in-three-unemployed-in-gauteng-da\/","title":{"rendered":"One in three unemployed in Gauteng: DA"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Democratic Alliance says that South Africa’s economic hub, Gauteng, is in crisis, with nearly 30%, or one in three people are unemployed.<\/p>\n

On Monday, StatsSA said that South Africa\u2019s unemployment rate rose to 25.2% of the labour force in the first quarter of 2014 from 24.1% in Q4.<\/p>\n

The quarterly labour force survey found that this amounted to 5.067 million people without work in the first quarter, up from 4.83 million in the previous three months.<\/p>\n

“Instead of creating jobs, more and more people are without work in the country\u2019s economic hub,” the DA said ahead of election day on 7 May.<\/p>\n

“We are now faced with a crisis where over 2 million people are unemployed in Gauteng. Nearly 30%, or 1 in 3 people, in Gauteng are unemployed,” said Helen Zille, leader of the DA.<\/p>\n

“In contrast, where the DA governs we added 146,000 jobs to the economy \u2013 the highest contribution in SA.”<\/p>\n

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Helen Zille<\/p><\/div>\n

Last month, the DA said it aims to create two million ‘real’ jobs in Gauteng, should it be elected to govern in the province.<\/p>\n

“In this election the DA has tabled a Gauteng manifesto that would make this province the job-creating powerhouse that we all need it to be.<\/p>\n

“From capitalizing 220,000 families with title deeds for their homes, to holding a referendum on job-killing e-tolls, to support for entrepreneurs \u2013 under the DA, Gauteng will lead job creation in South Africa,” Zille said.<\/p>\n

Nationally, the DA said its policies can create six million real, permanent jobs in South Africa.<\/p>\n

“Jacob Zuma\u2019s speech on Sunday showed that he has no plan to create real jobs. He talks about things that the government has already done, and which have failed.”<\/p>\n

“He promised 5 million jobs in 2009, and today there are 1.4 million more unemployed people,” the DA lead said.<\/p>\n

More on employment in SA<\/h3>\n

SA unemployment rate climbs<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

DA targets 2 million jobs in Gauteng<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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