Municipal wage talks collapsing over performance-link, says Samwu May 27, 2015 Striking taxi drivers and owners bring Durban CBD to a standstill on Tuesday General SA's unemployment rate of 26.4% hits 12-year highPosted by admin Fin24 reports that South Africa’s unemployment rate in the first quarter of 2015 was at its highest level since 2003, according to Statistics SA, which released its quarterly labour force survey on Tuesday. Source: Latest News