22 000 jobs created or 85 000 loss? Tshwane numbers battle
City mayor Nasiphi Moya says Tshwane added 22000 jobs in the second quarter as Stats SA shows the official unemployment rate rose 33.6% nationally.
The City of Tshwane claimed to have created 22,000 jobs in the capital during the second quarter, while the official unemployment rate rose to 33.6%, according to the latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey by Statistics SA (Stats SA). This led to a dispute between DA mayoral candidate Cilliers Brink and City of Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya, with Brink countering that Tshwane lost 85,000 jobs in the year from April 2025 to April 2026, a drop of over 6%.
In contrast, Cape Town added 57,000 jobs during the same period, showing a more than 3% increase in employed persons. Brink criticized the ANC-led coalition and Tshwane's ActionSA mayor track for increasing power outages, water losses, rocketing property rates, and service charges, stating that Moya and her administration have been detrimental to the economy and service delivery of the capital city.
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