South Africa’s unemployment rate hits record high

South Africa’s unemployment rate is among the highest in the world, according to the latest figures which rose to nearly 45 per cent. The situation is likely to worsen when the full effects of the Covid-19 pandemic become clear.

Plus bandits release dozens of children seized from an Islamic school in Niger State in May.

And we drop in on the Resident Presidents and their take of the week’s major news events.

Photo: A young unemployed South African graduate holds up a placard. Credit: Getty Images.