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Unemployment rate drops to 32.1%, but structural issues persist

South Africa's official unemployment rate has dropped by 1.4 percentage points, moving from 33.5% in the second quarter to 32.1% in the third quarter of 2024, according to Statistics SA's Quarterly Labour Force Survey. This decline reflects an increase of 294,000 employed individuals and a decrease of 373,000 unemployed persons. Independent Economic Analyst Professor Bonke Dumisa welcomed the improvement but emphasized its limited impact. "While the 1.4% decrease is […]

18 November 2024

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More than 200 new Covid-19 cases recorded in SA

Figures released by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) on Monday showed 212 new Covid-19 cases had been identified in SA in the previous 24 hours. This brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic to 3,992,661. The NICD said this increase represented a 3.4% positivity rate. The health department reported another nine deaths, four of which occurred in the past 24 to 48 […]

28 June 2022

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NICD records 1,004 new Covid-19 cases in a day as total nears 4-million

Figures released by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) on Monday showed there were 1,004 new Covid-19 cases that had been identified in SA in the previous 24 hours. This brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic to 3,954,971. The NICD said this increase represents a 9.4% positivity rate. The national health department reported another 16 deaths, four of which occurred in the past […]

31 May 2022

Local

SA’s Covid-19 positivity rate hits three-month high

SA’s coronavirus test positivity rate climbed to the highest in more than three months, indicating that the number of undetected infections may be rising. Of those tested for the virus on Wednesday 13.4%, or 2,846 cases, were found to be infected, the highest proportion since January 13, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases said in a statement. The rate has increased for four straight days. Hospital admissions also jumped, rising […]

21 April 2022

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SA’s COVID-19 positivity rate at 5.4% in the past 24-hours

South Africa has recorded 1420 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to 3 722 065. This increase represents a 5.4% positivity rate. According to the NICD, “Due to the ongoing audit exercise by the National Department of Health (NDoH), there may be a backlog of COVID-19 mortality cases reported. Today, the NDoH reports four deaths and of these, two occurred in the past 24 – 48 […]

3 April 2022

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Most nursing home residents have families that have quit SA, study finds

Emigration by families, lack of support and feeling unsafe are the factors that push elderly people into nursing homes and frail care centres, new research suggests. Doctors at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) who profiled residents at private long-term care facilities in Durban found most are white, Christian widows. The majority had chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and arthritis, and almost 40% were depressed. Among 103 […]

2 April 2022

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Zero Covid-19 deaths in past 24 hours, perhaps due to reporting backlog

No Covid-19 deaths have been reported in SA in the past 24 to 48 hours. But the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Sunday night that due to “the ongoing audit exercise by the national health department there may be a backlog of Covid-19 mortality cases reported”. “Today, the department reports 0 deaths, as well as 0 deaths occurring in the past 24—48 hours. Total fatalities remain unchanged […]

7 March 2022

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Health department’s covid audit raises SA’s death toll

The Health Department's ongoing audit has confirmed 18 previously unreported deaths linked to COVID-19. These fatalities take our death toll to closer to 10,000. South Africa also racked up 1,898 new infections over the latest 24-hour reporting cycle, a positivity rate of 6.3%. Meanwhile, health minister Joe Phaahla says there are increasing numbers of Covid-19 cases among children aged between 10 and 14. Phaahla says scientists initially believed it was […]

5 March 2022

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South Africa’s Covid-19 test positivity rate remains at 14%

LOCAL South Africa’s test positivity rate for Covid-19 remained at 14% during the latest reporting period. A total of 5 668 cases were confirmed, with 119 fatalities. The death toll since the start of the pandemic now stands at 92 649. The Health Department says most of the new cases, namely 1 432, were recorded in KwaZulu-Natal, followed by the Western Cape with 1 310 and Gauteng with 1 151. […]

12 January 2022

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