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South Africa's jobless rate tops 30 per cent

People stand in a queue to receive food aid amid the spread of the coronavirus disease, at the Itireleng informal settlement, near Laudium suburb in Pretoria, South Africa, May 20, 2020. [Reuters]

South Africa's unemployment rate jumped rose one percentage point to 30.1 per cent in the first quarter of this year compared to the final three months of 2019, official data showed Tuesday.

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