South Africa's unemployment rises to highest since 2003

South Africa's unemployment rose to its highest in 13 years in the third quarter, with manufacturing, mining and agriculture sectors all shedding jobs, the statistics agency said on Tuesday. Africa's most industrialised economy has grown lethargically over the last six years, making it hard to recoup the one million jobs lost during a 2008/09 recession. The jobless rate rose to 27.1 percent of the labour force in the three months to September, from 26.6 percent in the second quarter, Statistics