• South Africa
• Retrenchment, Stats SA, Unemployment
• September 29, 2020

The headlines today were dominated by the long-awaited release by Stats SA of unemployment data for the second quarter. Lockdown only affected 10 days or so of Q1, but the true impact was felt from April to June. This Q2 data should’ve finally painted a picture of what really happened. Except, it didn’t. Much like the GDP data for Q2, …