Tuesday, 11 August 2026

Unemployment’s jump to 33.6%, claims of political failure, and a grim update on gang violence and policing dominated a call-heavy Power Drive.

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South Africa’s unemployment rate rose to 33.6% in the second quarter, with 245,000 more people jobless and 345,000 jobs lost; the Eastern Cape recorded the biggest increase.
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Analysts linked the jobs slump to public-sector cutbacks, weak manufacturing, deindustrialisation and automation, warning that without proactive industrial policy the crisis will deepen.
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Police confirmed 14 suspected illegal miners died in a rockfall at a disused Rustenburg mine, with eight injured and three detained after hospital treatment for immigration breaches.
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Mfuleni’s executive mayor said initiation-school graduates brandishing pangas and knives have become a growing safety threat, and warned the schools could be closed in December if violence continues.