Passage: South Africas mass unemployment dates back to the 1970s, and continued to rise through the 1980s and 1990s. Unemployment has increased substantially since the African National Congress came to power in 1994, going from 15.6% in 1995 to 30.3% in 2001. In the second quarter of 2010, the jobless rate increased to 25.3%, and the number of people with work fell by 61,000 to 12.7 million. The biggest decline in employment was recorded in the manufacturing industry, which shed 53,000 workers. Agriculture lost 32,000 jobs, employment in the construction industry fell by 15,000. In the third quarter of 2010, 29.80% of blacks were officially unemployed, compared with 22.30% of coloureds, 8.60 of Asians and 5.10% of whites.
How many more jobs were lost in the manufacturing industry than in construction? How many more percent of Asians were unemployed than whites? How many people were unemployed in 2010? How many percent higher was the unemployment rate in 2001 than in 1994? Was the jobless rate higher in 2001 or 2010? Were more blacks or whites unemployed? Which industry lost the most jobs? Which racial group had the second highest number of unemployed people in 2010? Which three industries lost the most jobs? Which two racial groups had the highest number of unemployed in 2010?