Cape Town jobs boom breaks records

City Of Cape Town Celebrates The Creation Of 69 000 New Jobs

[Image: Pexels] There might have been a small improvement in the unemployment rate, but there are still too many of our citizens who don’t have work. On Tuesday, Stats SA released the national unemployment rate, which indicates a drop of 0.5% in the last quarter of 2025. It’s not much, but progress is progress! While some provinces have more people unemployed than employed, the City of Cape Town is celebrating the fact that 69 000 new jobs were …

Jobs boom in South Africa as Cape Town employment hits record 1.89 million

The City of Cape Town has added 113,000 jobs year-on-year as the highest of the metros. It recorded employment of 1,895 million people working in the Mother City.  Reportedly, Cape Town also continues to lead South Africa’s cities with the lowest unemployment rate, now down to 19.8%, according to StatsSA’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey for Q4 2025.  Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis further stated that they are elated to see employment hit record levels …

Cape Town jobs boom breaks records

The City of Cape Town is marking a major employment milestone after 69,000 new jobs were added to the metro during the final quarter of 2025.