According to Statistics South Africa's latest unemployment figures released in June 2015, the unemployment rate in the country increased to 26.40% in the first quarter of 2015 from 24.30% in the fourth quarter of 2014.
According to the report, more young people are unemployed and face a further prospect of unemployment. Black African youths remain worse affected with regards to job and health prospects. It states that as many as 55 percent of young people who are actively looking for jobs have education levels below matric, while an additional 36.4 percent only have a matric qualification.
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