Just one-week away from the 2024 General Election and 28-million eligible voters have hope in their hearts that things will improve in South Africa. On Wednesday 29 May 2024 , South Africa takes to the polls yet again for arguably its most important election in 30-years of democracy. We thought it would be useful to address some important statistics ahead of the 2024 General Election, according to GroundUp .
2024 GENERAL ELECTION For a nation hoping for the best but conditioned to expect the worst, the 2024 General Election brings with it hope that the job market will improve. Our chronic, most pressing problem is that of unemployment. Despite the African National Congress’s (ANC’s) best efforts, joblessness continues to rise.
In the first quarter of 2024 alone, joblessness increased by 0.8% to 32.9% .
That’s another 300 000 people in South Africa without an income. That’s 8.2-million people out of 62 million who are therefore not economically active in out workforce.
Although we shouldn’t forget the approximately 7 million who are believed to be gainfully employed in the informal sector, not paying SARS any taxes. According to data from Stats SA , unemployment has steadily worsened since 2008, and the Jacob Zuma era of state capture. It crossed the 20% threshold in 2018 and hasn’t looked back since.
MURDER RATE Prime amongst concerns for South Africa’s voters is crime. However, as more generalised crimes can be hard to measure – often because a lot simply go .
