{"id":19835,"date":"2026-08-25T08:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T06:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=19835"},"modified":"2026-08-25T08:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T06:49:09","slug":"mbalo-brief-august-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=19835","title":{"rendered":"Mbalo Brief August 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Unemployment is rife in South Africa, affecting people across the nine provinces. This translates to more young people who are stuck at home without jobs, not knowing where their next meal will come from. Some of these young people hold qualifications while others do not, but the reality of unemployment remains the same for them. Thus, it is a cause for concern when the unemployment rate goes up, as it makes it difficult for people to meet basic needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?page_id=1854&amp;PPN=MbaloBrief&amp;SCH=74556\">Download Mbalo Brief &#8211; August 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unemployment is rife in South Africa, affecting people across the nine provinces. This translates to more young people who are stuck at home without jobs, not knowing where their next meal will come from. Some of these young people hold qualifications while others do not, but the reality of unemployment remains the same for them.&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=19835\" class=\"btn btn-mini btn-info pull-right\" style=\"margin:10px 30px;\">read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mbalo-brief"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19835"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19836,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19835\/revisions\/19836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}