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World Service,20 Feb 2024,26 mins
South Africa heads to the poll amidst highest unemployment rate
World Business ReportAvailable for over a year
South Africa is heading back to the polls on May 29th. The news comes on the same day that the country revealed its unemployment numbers - officially the world's worst. Ed Butler will find out what's behind the latest rise in unemployment. President Joe Biden may be languishing in the opinion polls, but he's winning some impressive results in campaign donations. Could finance be the key to his re-election bid? And hacking the hackers we hear how the police may have brought down one of the world's biggest cybercrime groups. (Picture: President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa attends the second day of the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union. Credit: Reuters)
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