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The only province in South Africa where unemployment is lower than 20% | SA News

Luke Fraser
 ·22 Nov 2025

South Africa’s overall unemployment rate remains above 30%, but the Western Cape has just seen its unemployment rate drop below 20%. 

South Africa’s latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) showed that the unemployment rate dropped to 31.9% in Q3 2025, down from 33.2% in the prior quarter.

This marks a 1.3 percentage point improvement, meaning roughly 248,000 more people found jobs, bringing the total number of employed South Africans to 17.1 million. 

The Western Cape, on the other hand, saw its unemployment rate drop to…

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