The International Labour Organisation ILO has welcomed South Africas latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey results but remains concerned about the plight of the working poor on the continent.
The working poor are employed people who live in households that fall below an accepted poverty line.
Last week, South Africas unemployment rate fell from a two-year high, marking the first decrease since the third quarter of last year but is still stubbornly high.
The ILO hosted a media workshop in Sandton, where experts expressed concern about the high levels of joblessness in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana and Eswatini.
The working poverty rate reveals the proportion of the employed population living in poverty, despite being employed.
