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📰 News12 March 2026·2 min read·

Rebuilding Job Prospects After Long-Term Unemployment in South Africa

Source: it-news-africa

Long-term unemployment is a severe crisis in South Africa, with over three-quarters of unemployed people out of work for a year or more. The affected group includes school leavers struggling to enter the workforce and workers displaced by redundancies. Employer bias against long-term unemployed candidates makes re-entry into formal employment particularly challenging.

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