The Quality of Life Survey has found the Covid-19 pandemic has raised the percentage of households living below the average poverty line to 36% from 25% in 2017/18.
People queue for food parcels in Kliptown, Soweto. Many South Africans have lost their jobs and businesses during the pandemic. File photo.socioeconomic fallout the Covid-19 pandemic has brought on Gauteng has increased, raising the percentage ofHalf of those who lost their jobs during the height of the pandemic have been unable to find work.
From October 2020 to May 2021, Quality of Life Survey fieldworkers visited Gauteng’s 529 provincial wards, where they interviewed 13,616 adults.These changes were either caused by the lockdown restrictions or4% of adults closed a business permanently;Of those who lost their jobs or closed their businesses, 50% were unable to find new work and 7% have dropped out of the job market completely.
According to the survey, white respondents and those with higher levels of formal education were notably more likely to have found new jobs than African respondents or those with lower levels of education. “This provides a stark example of the differential ability of people to ‘bounce back’ from shocks,” according to the survey.
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